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It's difficult to see an outcome that isn't very significant to the region in one way or another.

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Instead of arguing about who owns it, let everybody have his own Ukraine,

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There might  not be any news tomorrow, so I don't have to choose between the UK story and the important European one.

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One step at a time the reaction grows. This is why it matters.

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Of course he is trying to win the war, now that he is ahead and his opposition is in disarray, with the crazies on top. So?

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Of course he is trying to win the war, now that he is ahead and his opposition is in disarray, with the crazies on top. So?

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Now this really is news by any measure.

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The cause might well be correctly identified, although it doesn't follow that the suggested remedy is also correct -- we might be unable to shut the door because the horse might have bolted. It'll be interesting to see how this features in the political debate (if there is one after the floods have subsided).

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And he thought it was a pro-israel speech. Clearly not sufficiently so.

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Developing story: from the point of shaping the next few years, the most important man in Britain is a short Canadian.

And is something good coming to an end?

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What started off being an unusual spell of weather is beginning to have the makings of a disaster. Finger pointing about who is at fault is a clearly the most important.

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Is it just those xenophobic Swiss, or is this is the beginning of the 'full' signs going up in Europe?

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It just won't stop raining and flooding.

Our right to know

This is a gross interference with the rights of a free press, and provokes worldwide outrage. This is newsworthy but apparently not a cause for any criticism. And of course this is perfectly OK.

All bad.

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Is this really the country we live in? Man caught; no conviction.

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What a strange news day; a combination of the obvious and the pointless.  Clegg is the latest person to waste his time talking sense about drugs. Some more bickering over a public appointment. The obvious: as we all have to die, if the easily treated causes are eliminated then the difficult to treat one will get us. It's probably too much to hope that this could trigger a grown-discussion about the cost of care.

But the very gradual change in the middle east continues, on the ground and in external political attitudes.

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As sensible drugs policies gradually spread across the world, are the Dutch again leading the way? Consumption and the retail trade are legal, but how much sense does it make to continue leaving the criminals in charge of the supply chain? As a start, at least allow home production. 

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Will the new Labour party rules change the outcome or just the way of getting to the same point?