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Stuart Weir

Promises, promises

An audit of new Labour's record reveals a democratic deficit at the heart of government

By Stuart Weir

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The masters of misinformation

By Nicholas Jones and Stuart Weir

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The quangos just grow and grow

By Stuart Weir

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The great white shark of Whitehall

By Stuart Weir

Politics

Dirty deeds in deepest Devon

Labour's latest ideas for electoral reform are a dangerous stitch-up, argues Stuart Weir

By Stuart Weir

The long war against democracy

The real battle in Zimbabwe is not against white farmers. Mugabe's target is a black middle-class co

By Stuart Weir

We stopped Boadicea’s chariot

Stuart Weirargues that the success of Charter 88 (aged ten this week) proves that people are not wea

By Stuart Weir

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