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And the winner is...

  • By Martin Bright
  • 29 August 2008

newstatesman.com users vote overwhelmingly for an investigation into Britain's asylum crisis

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A new deal for British children

A new deal for British children

  • By Suzanne Moore
  • 03 July 2008

Why are our young people so unhappy? Because we have become a society that fears, demonises and silences them. The fault is ours, not theirs

Work and amnesty are answer to asylum disarray

  • By Paul Donovan
  • 29 October 2007

Asylum seekers should be allowed to work, while an amnesty would clear the backlog and remove a potential source of exploitable labour, writes Paul Donovan

The darker side of Dave

The darker side of Dave

  • By Martin Bright
  • 23 April 2007

As the media hunt for a challenger to Gordon Brown, they have all but ignored the real agenda of David Cameron's Conservatives.

God save the queen, beware the heir

  • 24 April 2006

Reforms need to be radical if they are to revive an institution that has been dependent on the personality of the present monarch for its survival

The nuclear charm offensive

  • By Jonathan Leake
  • 23 May 2005

We are all being taken in by a carefully planned public relations strategy. Its mission: to push nuclear power back on the political agenda, rebranded as the new "green" alternative

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Final results . . .

  • 2% are saying Conservative Party Funding
  • 10% are saying Lobbying
  • 2% are saying Prince Charles
  • 2% are saying The State of British Childhood
  • 84% are saying Asylum Crisis

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It would be refreshing to see a non partisan review of the asylum issue which clearly highlights the truth about this matter rather than tabloid style speculation and hyperbole.

Dr C Hiley
Medicins Du Monde

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