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   <title><![CDATA[Leader: Killed in the name of crooked Karzai]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[<p><em>The tawdry spectacle of Karzai's "re-election" should shame western leaders</em></p>

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   <title><![CDATA[Leader: Electoral change – glimmers of hope?]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:47 GMT</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[<p><em>Electoral reform remains the key to unlocking democracy in this country</em></p>

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   <title><![CDATA[Leader: George Osborne: what is your plan B?]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:51:49 GMT</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[<p><em>The complacency of the political classes may yet send Britain into the depression we have so far avoided</em></p>

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   <title><![CDATA[Leader: Why Britain must abort mission  in Afghanistan]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:48:58 GMT</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[<p><em>There are no good options left for Britain in Afghanistan. Brown should set a date for withdrawal</em></p>

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   <title><![CDATA[Leader: The Tories’ peculiar  bedfellows in Europe]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:38:24 GMT</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[<p><em>This Eurosceptic alliance is a product of moral and intellectual laziness</em></p>

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   <title><![CDATA[Leader: The Tories must walk progressive if they want to talk progressive]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:46:12 GMT</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[<p><em>There is an alarming disconnect between the Conservatives' rhetoric and their policies</em></p>

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   <title><![CDATA[Leader: Brown fights on to the last]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:13:02 GMT</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[<p><em>At conference, Brown was like a great warrior-king who knew that the end was near</em></p>

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   <title><![CDATA[Leader: Labour must seize this  opportunity for change]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:50:59 GMT</pubDate>
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 <description><![CDATA[<p><em>If the party does not make the most of this progressive moment it will drift to ignominious defeat</em></p>

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   <title><![CDATA[Leader: Labour must change to survive]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:48:21 GMT</pubDate>
   <dc:creator>Ken Livingstone</dc:creator>
  
 <description><![CDATA[<p><em>The Labour government remains a superior option to the Tories but it needs credible policies to meet the huge challenges of the world</em></p>

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   <title><![CDATA[Leader: A very long engagement . . .]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:48:21 GMT</pubDate>
   <dc:creator>Ken Livingstone</dc:creator>
  
 <description><![CDATA[<p><em>The New Statesman supported me when I was being battered from pillar to post by the tabloid press</em></p>

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