No vote 'should kill devolution'
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John Prescott's dream of regional devolution should be killed off following North East no vote, say the Tories.
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Parliament failed Tuesday to agree on constitutional changes and election reforms.
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Comment is free: Martin Kettle: The time-honoured debate about a Labour-Lib Dem pact will not go away. But does the idea still make political sense?
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The leader and cabinet of a council criticised for its education system face a vote of no confidence.
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Comment is free: Polly Toynbee: Lib Dem tax proposals are a blow for sanity in an era of excess. Labour should do better than try to trash them pointlessly.
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Comment is free: Andrew Rawnsley: It's little wonder that Liberal Democrat leaders are driven to drink and despair.
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Former Northern Ireland first minister David Trimble said there should be no return to local self-rule until the Irish Republican Army ( news - web sites ) (IRA) had completely disarmed and halted all ...
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s attempts to focus his party&#39;s annual conference on domestic issues received a setback yesterday when delegates backed moves to force a vote on a British troop pull-out of Iraq.
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Neither my constituents nor myself were bribed. A lot of the proposals in the White Paper are just that, proposals on which no votes involving constituency voters will be called.
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Labour paints doom-laden picture of Scotland under SNP Families, economy and security all to be in deep trouble if the Nats get control SNP say Scotland would be safer without Labour, however Key quote ...Comment
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BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell on efforts to avoid more referendums on the European constitution or any treaty that replaces it.
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BRUSSELS (Deutsche Welle) - The Dutch government has opposed holding a referendum on a new European Union constitutional treaty. Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said: "A referendum is unnecessary and undesirable."  But, the Dutch cabinet also said it would take its decision to parliament, where many legislators favor a vote among the public.  In 2005, voters in the Netherlands and France rejected a new EU constitution in referendums, plunging the EU into a major political crisis.
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NI Secretary Paul Murphy says it will be difficult for the political parties to agree on a way to restore devolution.
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Northern Irelandâs politicians are on the right road to restoring devolution, a British Government minister claimed today. As unionists, nationalists and
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For the Record: 8 November 2004, Monday. In Macedonia, a referendum aimed at blocking plans to grant more local autonomy to the country's ethnic Albanian minority has failed due to low voter turnout.
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Comment is free: Simon Jenkins: This ban is a classic instance of centralised meddling which ignores the potential of local self-discipline.
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Call for immediate vote on referendum stymied, as Miliband says text is different to rejected treaty