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Silence

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‘It’s been brought to my attention that you’ve been breaking your vow of silence.’

Holdup

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‘I can’t give you any money until it’s been approved by our members.’

Worry

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‘I thought I’d get up early. Got a lot of worrying to get through.’

MH370 isn’t the only flight that’s still missing

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Plane vanished Some other planes, besides Flight MH370, which have disappeared without trace: — A Boeing 727 cargo plane that was being prepared for a flight in Luana, Angola, on 25 May 2003. It took off without permission and when last seen was headed south-westwards over the Atlantic. — An Antonov An-72 cargo plane with

Portrait of the week | 20 March 2014

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Home In the Budget, George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that the economy was working but the job was far from done. He expected further falls in unemployment and wages rising faster than prices this year. The economy, he suggested, would return this year to its size in 2008. Before the Budget, Nick

George Osborne’s pensions revolution

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[audioplayer src=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/TheViewFrom22_20_March_2014_v4.mp3″ title=”Fraser Nelson, James Forsyth and Isabel Hardman discuss the 2014 budget” startat=749] Listen [/audioplayer]It is easy to see why George Osborne seemed so confident ahead of the Budget. His radical reform of the pension system, allowing people far easier access to their pension pots, will not only help the retired (in the short

Budget 2014: full text of George Osborne’s speech

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listen to ‘George Osborne delivers the 2014 Budget’ on Audioboo Mr Deputy Speaker, I can report today that the economy is continuing to recover – and recovering faster than forecast. We set out our plan. And together with the British people, we held our nerve. We’re putting Britain right. But the job is far from