Mandela is everyone’s hero. But listening to music whilst writing this afternoon I am reminded that there were other South African heroes:

The Independent has reported: The Church of England is backing a bid for hundreds of branches being offloaded by Royal Bank of Scotland, raising the prospect
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It’s been said many times here before now, but it’s worth repeating as no one in politics ever seems to notice what Sam Brittan points out in
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I always take anything Patrick Wintour and Nick Watts write about Labour in the Guardian with a pinch of salt, but this has some resonance:
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The Guardian has reported this morning ion booming property prices in South East England and London, noting: Over the past year, a typical property in
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I’ve just get a mail from the Methodist Tax Justice Network saying: We will be protesting outside Cadbury World in Bournville from 10:30-11:30am this Saturday (29th).  We
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I have Zoe Williams to thank for drawing my attention to this quote in the Economist from Daniel Knowles: Over the last few months, as
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This comment was made on the blog last night by someone I do not know called Chris Smith. With his or her permission (I do
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According to Jonathan Freedland in the Guardian Robert Peston of the BBC called the spending review ‘the Wonga budget’. He was right to do so. The plan
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