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This week’s most read: the SNP and the Kremlin, Venezuela and Lee Rigby
The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.
UKIP conference building received £3million European funding
The Riveria International Centre, where the UKIP conference is currently being held, was partly funded by a European Grant of £3m.
The banks are using their political influence to defend the interests of their highest-paid employees
Capitalism’s legitimacy will disintegrate if a tiny elite are allowed to capture the rewards of growth for themselves.
If you don’t want water cannon on our streets, now is the time to say so
The Met wants to buy weaponry that can injure, blind and even kill.
Northern Ireland needs to deal with its past
MLAs will meet at Stormont today to consider the previous UK government’s agreement to write to 187 members of the IRA on the run offering them effective immunity from prosecution.
The government’s child poverty strategy falls short of the mark
The government’s child poverty strategy is disappointingly short on new ideas.
RBS – the accidental British bailout of the Irish state
Ulster Bank remains the missing part of the RBS story.
No, Moazzam Begg is not David Miranda
The outrage at the arrest of Moazzam Begg is misplaced.
Cameron’s shaky record on green investment
Cameron’s invoking of the Green Investment Bank in defence of his government’s environmental record is ironic given the limitations placed on it by his government.
HSBC’s mammoth payouts show there is a real case for taxing bankers’ bonuses
This week’s announcement by HSBC of the extent to which they are circumventing European Union rules limiting bankers’ bonuses provoked more than usual outrage.