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Stephen Fry & Eddie Izzard v the England Rugby Team - yes, it's Boris v Cameron
Stephan Shakespeare, ConservativeHome Platform
Continuity and competence are strong suits for Cameron, but he must take some risks to broaden his appeal.
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Tory members trust David Cameron on the EU. Here's the poll that proves it
Tim Bale, The Daily Telegraph
If David Cameron says he has renegotiated a good settlement for Britain, Tory members would vote to stay in the EU, writes Tim Bale.
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Exclusive: Alex Salmond on his youth jobs right, the bedroom tax and why he will win
Alex Salmond interview, New Statesman
In a rare interview, Salmond declares "the real game hasn’t even started" and reveals that a written Scottish constitution would guarantee every young person the right to a job or training.
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How to write a Dan Hodges column: a step by step guide
James Bloodworth, Left Foot Forward
Here at Left Foot Forward, we’ve been told that there may be a formula to all this stuff; that one can produce a ‘Dan Hodges’ on spec and that there are certain rules and equations to it.
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Trust issues
Lord McFall, Labour Lords
The day when a Chair or Chief Executive of a bank receives a “Thanks, I trust you” letter from a customer will be the day when the industry has turned the corner.
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Today's Five at Five
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What’s to be gained from arming the rebels?
Roger Boyes, The Times (£)
Syria is approaching a grim landmark. Within weeks, the number of fatalities in the two-year insurgency is sure to have exceeded 100,000.
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Ed Miliband is standing firm on Syria, but is he caught in a trap?
Mary Riddell, The Daily Telegraph
Labour is haunted by Iraq, but doing nothing as catastrophe unfolds brings its own risks
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Syria crisis: G8 summit promise of aid and talks barely papers over cracks
Ian Black, The Guardian
In the context of the war in Syria, the G8's support for convening peace talks in Geneva "as soon as possible" and a pledge of $1.5bn (£960m) in humanitarian aid are the diplomatic equivalent of motherhood and apple pie – a comforting reaffirmation of the decent and unobjectionable.
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We must never forget our debt to America
Daniel Finkelstein, The Times (£)
“We will never have another day like this one,” said John Kennedy as he slumped, exhausted, into his chair on Airforce One and the plane took off for Dublin. And, sadly, he was right.
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G8 summit protest march is real peace of work
Ros Wynne-Jones, Daily Mirror
You have to think that someone in the police had a sense of humour.
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G8? This was more like G-hate: How the greatest diplomatic shindig in the world turned into a bubbling stewpot of tensions, rivalries and downright loathing
Quentin Letts, The Daily Mail
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Goodbye scallops, hello gruel as industry assesses findings of Commission's report
Alex Brummer, The Daily Mail
The Report of the Parliamentary Commission on Banking is the nearest the public is likely to get to a judicial inquiry into the events that contributed to an economic slump that may not be fully overcome until 2015.
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Co-op structures don’t solve all management issues
Hamish McRae, The Independent
So cooperatively owned institutions are just as capable of making a mess of their affairs as shareholder-owned ones.
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The toxic legacy of the Greek crisis
Martin Wolf, The Financial Times (£)
That Greece was the first to fall into trouble gave weight to the view that the crisis was fiscal
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As the EU referendum bill is published the proportion of UKIP voters saying Europe is an important issue moves to just 32pc
Mike Smithson, PoliticalBetting
Latest issues polling from YouGov sees fewer than one in 3 UKIP voters saying Europe is important issue.
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