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Jobs, not threats, get families off welfare
Douglas Alexander: The Government is making the classic Tory mistake – in a shrinking economy, greater work incentives will have a limited impact.
- DJ Taylor: The West's days are numbered, ask any BBC history hunk
- We may be useless at DIY, but taking pleasure in housework is a man's right
- Harriet Walker: 'I'm forgoing hedonism for a night of Chinese goo
- Old foes, nasty news, John Major Syndrome, and an arresting outfit
- Katy Guest: Sorry I'm a letdown to the cleverest man in the country...
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- John Sandwich: The coalition says this will be a priority. That's what the last government said, too
Leading article: Tread carefully, Mr Cameron
Of all the phrases that have come back to bite politicians – "read my lips", "purer than pure" – David Cameron's "we're all in this together" is near the top of the historic list in its potential for embarrassment.
IoS letters, emails & online postings (7 November 2010)
The US copes with having several different time zones, with up to five hours' difference from east to west coasts, so I think Britain can manage being one hour behind central Europe.
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The political veteran started life as a much-loved idealist but withered away, neglected and outmoded
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