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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:37:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MPs will wriggle and squeal but voters will take away that trough]]></title>
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Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT
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<![CDATA[The House of Commons is headed for catastrophe. When the details of members&#8217; 
expense claims are published, as they are bound to be under freedom of 
information laws, the public will be appalled. They will see that MPs help 
themselves to allowances as thinly disguised bonuses.]]>	
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<title><![CDATA[Tibet: the West can use the Olympics as a weapon against Beijing]]></title>
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<![CDATA[Adolf Hitler&#8217;s glee at exploiting the 1936 Berlin Olympics as a showcase for 
Nazism turned to fury when the black American athlete Jesse Owens won four 
gold medals. The Chinese leadership must by now be wondering whether staging 
the Games in Beijing will bring the regime more accolades than brickbats. Be 
careful what you wish for, as Confucius probably said.]]>	
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