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Home ‘Unless we take difficult, painful decisions,’ David Cameron, the Prime Minister, told the Conservative party conference, ‘Britain may not be in the future what it has been in the past.’ He said that it was ‘an hour of reckoning for countries like ours. Sink or swim, do or decline.’ Earlier he had said that
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The Tory party conference this year was a remarkable success, a festival of conservatism with an impressive array of radical ideas on display. But almost all of them could be found in fringe events, and pitifully few in the hall of the conference. Even Cabinet members complained that the main event lacked fizz. Discussion centred
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Matters of record German skydiver Felix Baumgartner attempted to become the first man to break the sound barrier outside an aircraft when he dropped from a balloon at 120,000 feet over Mexico, reaching 690mph 40 seconds later. Other feats still to be achieved: —Climbing Gangkhar Puensum in Bhutan, at 24,836 feet the highest mountain never climbed. But attempts have
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James Naughtie explains why he’d give Scoop to a lover, confesses which books by another BBC luminary he does his best to avoid and finally reassures us, in case you were wondering, that he doesn’t fantasise about Lolita. He will be appearing at the Wimbledon Bookfest on 14th October to talk about his latest book,
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In May 2010, this party stood on the threshold of power for the first time in more than a decade. We knew then that it was not just the ordinary duties of office that we were assuming. We were entering into Government at a grave moment in the modern history of Britain. At a time
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‘Something went “ping”.’
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‘I don’t believe you’re genuinely looking for work. I think you’re just a sponge.’
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‘That speech you wrote for me — it really came from my heart.’
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‘Well, you should be more specific.’
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Coalition satnav
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‘So far, I’ve not met anyone I’d want to settle down and get into debt with.’
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‘Now you’re in for it, sonny!’
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‘Zombies! The worst kind….’
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‘Avoid the city centre — it’s full of politicians.’
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‘Fifty Shades of Grey...sounds like a bad-hair day.’
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‘In retrospect, I’m glad we decided to argue at home rather than abroad this year.’
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‘Must we go in and see it? Can’t we just stick to telling people we paid £1,000 a ticket?’