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<description><![CDATA[Johnny Cash, Bambi's mum - 80 more things that make men cry]]></description>
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<title>Lest we forget</title>
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<title>Boy, 10, died &#x27;playing on lorry&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A coroner issues a warning after a young boy fell from the back of a moving lorry on a busy road while playing with friends.]]></description>
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<title>AM pay and expenses under review</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A panel is being set up to review assembly members' pay and expenses after a controversial above-inflation increase.  ]]></description>
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<title>Bagehot: ArmaGordon </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Are the stakes high enough to justify regicide?THE word "fascist" was whispered by some discomforted observers at last year's Labour Party conference: so triumphalist was the mood, so impregnable seemed the new prime minister, so confident his followers of smashing the Conservatives, snuffing out David Cameron and securing near-eternal power. That was then. The Labour conference this September will be a festival of existential angst--and thus, perhaps, of regicide.The political costs of deposing Gordon Brown so soon after Labour ditched Tony Blair would be huge. Almost all Labour MPs endorsed Mr Brown's accession; ousting him would make them look preposterous. His remaining allies point out, menacingly but fairly, that yet another prime minister with no personal mandate would probably feel obliged to hold a general election quickly. Thus a move against Mr Brown this autumn might necessitate a vote early next year--in the middle of an economic slump, with the party almost broke and Mr Cameron's Tories, in all likelihood, still 20-odd points up in the polls. That prospect makes sparing Mr Brown, at least until next summer, seem prudent. ...]]></description>
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<title>Teaching economics: A vanishing breed </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The dwindling number of those training to teach economics in secondary schools is less worrying than it seemsIN EARLY July Edinburgh belatedly erected a statue, complete with semi-invisible hand, to Adam Smith, thus granting one of the fathers of economics, and Scotland's most meritorious son, long-overdue recognition. Yet there is a good chance that the statue will garner as many glances of blank indifference as of knowing admiration--at least from Britain's younger citizens.According to a report this week from the Centre for Education and Employment Research at the University of Buckingham, only three of the 16,440 graduates who began training as secondary-school teachers in England last year enrolled to teach economics. In 2006, by comparison, 84 graduates signed up to do so. Not unrelatedly, perhaps, the number of students studying A-level economics has fallen by 29% over the past decade, even though total A-level entries have risen by 9%. ...]]></description>
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<title>Housing market : When the tap turns off </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lending has slowed to a trickle. What can be done to change that?WOOLWICH is a down-at-heel working-class port in East London that teeters between gentrification and decay. To the right of the railway station are the money-wiring agencies, mobile-phone shops and African restaurants that identify this as an immigrant neighbourhood. To the left the high street leads to the river, and rows of smart new apartment blocks designed for bankers working in nearby Canary Wharf. The house-price bubble inflated here as fast as just about anywhere in the country. Get-rich-quick investors helped by crafting dubious schemes to get mortgages without paying a deposit and banks seemed happy to oblige them. Instead of making a quick pound, though, many buyers are now losing their shirts. Flats that they bought three years ago for GBP330,000 ($580,000 at the time) are back on the market for less than GBP200,000. One was sold at auction recently for just GBP115,000. In March (the most recent month for which data are available) the average outstanding mortgage in this neighbourhood was 91% of the value of the property it was secured on--the highest loan-to-value ratio in London and the third-highest in the country, reckons Experian, a credit-scoring outfit. With banks virtually on strike and loans approved only for those able to put up huge deposits, Woolwich is enduring a particularly hard landing. New flats in Thamesmead, downriver from Woolwich, are standing half-empty, the overgrown gardens filled with litter. ...]]></description>
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<title>Political vacations: On the beach </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The leader at bay and at play"BUT where are their policies?", the prime minister yelped, as a graphic of the Conservatives' midsummer poll lead flashed across the television. His jowls creased with sorrow as one of his rivals appeared, professing his loyalty. An arm flexed to hurl the remote control at the screen--then "relax," he told himself, "relax". He flicked through the channels, searching for Scottish football or talent-show reruns. After breakfast he started work on his speech for the Labour Party conference in September. It would be the speech of his life, a speech that would unite his party, silence his rivals, make floating voters swoon and grown Tories weep. It would acknowledge the economic plight of hard-working families while reminding people that the real culprits were nefarious financiers, greedy oil moguls and hungry Asians. It would draw a perfect arc from his childhood in Kirkcaldy to the after-hours opening of doctors' surgeries.  ...]]></description>
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<title>Housing market: Rent now, buy later </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Prices may be tumbling, but rents are still risingBRITAIN is a nation divided by its citizens' attitudes to the housing market. Among investors, estate agents and homeowners with eye-watering mortgages the mood is gloomy: every piece of news about the rapidly deflating housing bubble (prices have fallen by 9% since last October) is pored over and lamented. Among the young and houseless, price falls are a cause for celebration, even if the logjam in the money markets means that at present only those with the fattest piggy-banks can take advantage of cheaper homes. But capital values are only one part of the housing story. Britain's private rental sector has grown enormously over the past five years, fuelled by a vogue for "buy-to-let" schemes that has promoted rental property as a safe, indeed highly profitable, investment. Half a million private landlords now control 2.5m homes, roughly an eighth of the total housing supply. The Association of Residential Letting Agents reckons that the value of rented homes, estimated at around GBP500 billion, exceeds the total value of all the commercial premises in Britain. And although falling capital values will hurt landlords, their gloom is brightened somewhat by the fact that there is plenty of business, and rents are still rising.  ...]]></description>
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<title>Terrorism in Northern Ireland: Down but not out </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Republican dissidents still make life a miseryTELLING terrorist groups you think them dangerous is not a gambit security services favour--especially when the groups are small and unpopular. But as the anniversary approaches of the car bomb which killed 29 people in Omagh on August 15th 1998, police in Northern Ireland admit that they expect more attacks from republican paramilitaries who hate Belfast's power-sharing settlement. Sir Hugh Orde, the chief constable, says that the "dissidents" are now more dangerous than before because "it is their end-game".These republican splinter groups may attract little popular support but they are said to have about 80 people on tap to shoot or bomb--more than enough to cause misery. That estimate comes from a new MI5 base in Holywood, near Belfast, that has been responsible for gathering intelligence on the dissidents since the end of last year. In the ten years since Omagh, dissidents have caused a further ten deaths, several of them the result of internal republican feuding. Dozens of planned bombings have been foiled by their own bungles or by police intervention after tip-offs. But some dissidents, it seems, are now trying to import weaponry: two Irish nationals were arrested in Lithuania in January for allegedly attempting to buy guns and explosives. ...]]></description>
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<title>Regulating booze: Roll out the barrel </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Pubs are in trouble for cheap drinks. But ever more is being sunk at homeDRINK is curiously regulated in Britain. Licensing authorities can make very specific demands about the way booze is sold and served: some licensees are allowed to provide alcohol only with food, or admit only those aged over 25, for example. Rowdy bars are often ordered to install more tables and chairs, because people drink more slowly when they are seated. But when it comes to price, the most obvious determinant of consumption, the authorities usually give barmen fairly free rein. On slow nights, it is easy to find drinks on sale for less than GBP1; in some clubs, women can drink for free.Many Britons are now taking time off from worrying about the high cost of food and fuel to complain about the low cost of drink, which is blamed for teenage violence and adult ill-health. Publicans have played into their hands: on July 28th the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), a trade body, admitted that it had withdrawn its guidelines to members on "responsible promotions", citing legal advice that such guidance might breach competition rules. The Home Office had just published a report showing that in any case many establishments were flouting the code, which included a ban on things such as organised drinking games or "all you can drink" deals. The government is now contemplating a formal clampdown on such practices. ...]]></description>
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<title>BAE and the Saudi arms deal: Timid justice </title>
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<description><![CDATA[A ruling by the law lords ratifies one law for bullies and another for the restWITH the best of intentions justice is not always as blind as it should be. But seldom is it as downright astigmatic as it was on July 30th, when the law lords ruled that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) was entitled to submit to blackmail and drop its investigation, in December 2006, into alleged bribery in a Saudi Arabian arms deal. The SFO called off its gumshoes soon after they started circling the Swiss bank accounts of senior Saudi figures, and said figures squealed. At issue was whether bribes had been paid in relation to Britain's biggest-ever arms deal--a GBP43 billion contract between the governments of Britain and Saudi Arabia and BAE Systems, Britain's largest defence firm, to provide the desert kingdom with fighter jets and training. The SFO said it halted the investigation after receiving warnings from several sources that it could prompt Saudi Arabia to stop sharing anti-terrorist intelligence with Britain.  ...]]></description>
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<title>The race to succeed Gordon Brown: Under starter?s orders </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The job of prime minister is not yet vacant, but hopefuls are alertTHE poetry of Alfred Tennyson is the kind of thing Gordon Brown, perhaps Britain's most literate prime minister since Winston Churchill, takes with him on the reading marathons he calls holidays. Yet even Mr Brown, now on his summer break in East Anglia (see article), will struggle to enjoy the Victorian poet laureate's observation that "authority forgets a dying king". For it hits too close to home.Mr Brown, who replaced Tony Blair as prime minister only 13 months ago, may soon be toppled by colleagues who have lost confidence in his ill-starred premiership. On July 24th his party suffered a by-election defeat in Glasgow East, hitherto one of Labour's safest seats. It was the latest of many proofs of Mr Brown's unpopularity, following by-election routs elsewhere, an abysmal showing at May's local elections, the loss of London's mayoralty to a Conservative and months of opinion polls that put the Tories up to 20 percentage points ahead of Labour.  ...]]></description>
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<title>Monetary policy: A warning vote </title>
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<description><![CDATA[If interest rates move, the direction will be up rather than downAS THE economy stumbles and inflation surges, the Bank of England's rate-setters face a predicament. Should they cut interest rates to help ward off a severe downturn? Or should they raise rates in an effort to tame inflation? The obvious response to such a dilemma is to stay put and that is exactly what the central bank's monetary-policy committee (MPC) did when it met on July 10th. For the third consecutive month, the MPC kept the base rate at 5.0%.  ...]]></description>
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<title>Eco-towns: Green, with hints of Brown </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The green towns of the future run into more oppositionFORD, a one-pub hamlet between the South Downs and the sea, is home to just 1,400 people. They are lucky: with its winding river and views of Arundel castle, the village is beautiful. Soon, many more might enjoy its charms. The settlement has been shortlisted as the site of an "eco-town", comprising 5,000 homes, shops, schools, offices and a power-plant. Residents are aghast, and have banners in their gardens saying so.In all, 13 quiet spots are being considered for eco-towns (see map). The government has promised five by 2016 and up to five more by 2020. Some will provide up to 15,000 homes. At least 30% of the dwellings will be "affordable". Carbon neutrality, green space and reliance on bikes and buses are said to justify the "eco" tag. The chosen sites will be announced in early 2009. ...]]></description>
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<title>School tests: F for fail </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Chaotic marking threatens the government's school league tablesON JULY 22nd, the day before MPs broke up for their summer holidays, the schools secretary, Ed Balls, had the unpalatable task of telling the House of Commons that many schoolchildren would be heading off for their own vacations without the results of their Standard Assessment Tests (SATs), taken in May. A quarter of the English tests taken by 14-year-olds remained unmarked, the minister admitted, and a fifth of primary schools were still awaiting results for some 11-year-olds. Mr Balls did his best to deny responsibility, citing the arms-length overseeing of the tests by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, a government agency, and its contract with ETS, an American firm, to administer them. But it was an embarrassment for a government and a minister, who have placed great store by national testing and the schools league tables constructed from their results. ...]]></description>
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<title>Bagehot: Wink, wink </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Tories are placing too much faith in interesting but limited ideasSCANDINAVIANS rarely litter. Italians drink in moderation. Mugging is uncommon among the Arabs. Mexicans look after their grannies. Rich Americans give generously to charity. And politicians--especially, these days, in the Conservative Party--are susceptible to snazzy theories whose time seems to have come. The importance of groupthink is one of the fashionable ideas to which the Tories are newly in thrall. The originators of these ideas are a loose school of like-minded academics, mostly Americans and either social psychologists or behavioural economists. Their basic insight is that human beings are fallible: lazy, stupid, greedy and weak; loss-averse, stubborn, and prone to inertia and conformism. All that makes them poor decision-makers, often incapable of their own happiness. But, these writers argue, people can be prompted to make better decisions, for example via information campaigns and the promotion of positive "social norms". The underlying political philosophy is "libertarian paternalism", a hybrid creed that holds that government can and should sway citizens' behaviour, so long as it stops short of prohibition or compulsion: by steering choices rather than constraining them. ...]]></description>
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<title>Britain and America (1): The ties that bind </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Britain should worry less about its "special relationship" with AmericaWHEN Gordon Brown and Barack Obama meet in London on July 25th, there will be much glad-handing and convivial talk. The encounter will be seen as a special meeting between two countries that have long enjoyed a special relationship. Despite this familiar refrain, an increasing number of British politicians and businessmen fret that the bond is fraying. They have a long list of grievances, ranging from the terms of an extradition treaty to America's closure of its market to foreign internet-gaming companies and an unwillingness to share defence technologies (see article). Few of these complaints are new. They are getting a fresh airing for two reasons. Mr Obama, who is keen to rebuild America's image in the world, has taken British worries seriously. In May he reportedly spoke of the need to "recalibrate" the relationship. In Britain a prominent group of Atlanticist politicians including Lord Bell, once Margaret Thatcher's public-relations man, Lord Desai, an economist, and Nicholas Soames, a Conservative MP, have formed a campaign aimed at airing and sorting out British grievances. ...]]></description>
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<title>The gas market: Flaring up again </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The end of self-sufficiency is proving painful for British consumersTHE last time oil prices were as high in real terms as they are today--in the dark days of the 1970s--the British had one reason to be cheerful. The discovery of large dollops of oil and gas beneath the North Sea was transforming the country from an importer of energy into an exporter, promising a big economic windfall and a degree of insulation from gyrating oil prices.Today that cushion has gone. British output from the North Sea is well past its prime. Production peaked in 1999 and has declined rapidly ever since, turning Britain once again into a net importer of both oil and natural gas. Making matters worse, the fall in output has coincided with a rolling set of oil shocks that culminated in the latest surge since last autumn.  ...]]></description>
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<title>Britain and America (2) : Points of contention </title>
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<description><![CDATA[What needs to be fixedBRITAIN'S relationship with America, though remarkably hale, is being damaged, some say, by "imbalances" in the areas of trade, justice and defence. These include:Extradition treaty--A new extradition treaty signed between America and Britain in 2003 is seen as unfair because it has made it easier for America to extradite criminal suspects from Britain (with low requirements for evidence) than it is the other way round.  ...]]></description>
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<title>Divorce and economic growth: Negatively correlated </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The impact of the downturn on your marriage depends how rich you are"AH, YES, divorce", Robin Williams once mused, "from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet". The derivation may not be found in dictionaries, but he was on well-trodden ground in linking divorce to money. This month a survey conducted among financial analysts, stockbrokers and hedge-fund managers by Mishcon de Reya, a law firm, suggested that the economic downturn will prompt an upsurge in divorces among high-earners in London's financial centre.This pattern is not without precedent; Sandra Davis, who commissioned the study, says that the recession of the early 1990s led to a wave of divorces among the City's well-heeled. A third of current inquiries to lawyers by those deciding to break the knot, she claims, are linked to the credit crunch.  ...]]></description>
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<title>Gordon Brown in Israel: A revealing visit </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The prime minister balances heart with head in his foreign policyGORDON BROWN is not a naturally emotive politician. That habitual reserve made this week's visit to Israel striking and intriguing. It featured an address to the Knesset, Israel's parliament, on July 21st--the first by a prime minister of the old mandate-era power.Mr Brown said that his father, a minister in the Church of Scotland, had a deep affection for Israel, which he visited frequently as chairman of the church's Israel committee. Brown senior would show his son films he had taken on those trips. "I will never forget those early images of your home in my home", said Mr Brown, adding that "for the whole of my life, I have counted myself a friend of Israel". With a liberal admixture of biblical allusions, he talked about an "ancient promise redeemed" in Israel's foundation, and its "unbreakable partnership" with Britain. ...]]></description>
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<title>Welfare reform: Evolution, not revolution </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Promising changes to out-of-work benefits, though not radical onesFEW causes animate Gordon Brown more than getting more Britons into jobs. A notorious workaholic, he often extols the dignity of labour. His efforts in government go back to the portentously titled New Deal, a workfare scheme for young people he started as chancellor in 1998. But the launch of a new round of welfare reform on July 21st by James Purnell, the work and pensions secretary, is a tacit admission that Labour has achieved too little in its decade of power. True, the number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance (JSA), the main unemployment benefit, has roughly halved since 1997. But the decline was steeper towards the end of the last Conservative government and the number of those claiming incapacity benefit (IB), the benefit for those unable to work, has remained broadly steady at 2.5m. ...]]></description>
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