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Comment: A Romney victory would be a disaster for America’s fragile international reputation
Caroline Mortimer argues American’s international reputation will be damaged if gaffe-prone Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney wins the White House.
Are there more cover-ups? South Yorkshire police, Hillsborough and the Battle of Orgreave
In the wake of revelations from the Hillsborough Independent Panel there are calls to widen the investigation into the “Battle of Orgreave”.
More and more of Cameron’s “hard-working people” are reliant on Housing Benefit
More and more working people are reliant on Housing Benefit – contrary to what the prime minister claims.
US Election Digest: Candidates prep for final debate, Iran talks denied and more
Larry Smith’s latest round-up of the US Presidential election campaign.
Salmond poses the questions the ‘No’ campaign have to answer
Ed Jacobs reports on Alex Salmond’s speech to the 2012 SNP Conference this weekend.
Fox News and the Mail: Does anyone trust them (on climate change)?
Fox News and the Daily Mail demonstrate the state of shoddy climate change coverage throughout the UK and US media, writes Dan Holden.
Miliband reiterates One Nation message with attack on “sink or swim” Tories
Shamik Das looks ahead to Ed Miliband’s speech to the TUC “A Future That Works” march in London today.
“Pleb and buried”; “On yer bike”; “Great train snobbery”… Mitchell, Osborne, avert your eyes!
Saturday’s #PlebGate front pages make uncomfortable reading for Andrew Mitchell and George Osborne… Enjoy!
Evil in the dock: Unrepentant Karadzic calls himself the “peacemaker”
On trial for war crimes in The Hague, Radovan Karazdic denies his crimes and even calls himself a “peacemaker”.
There is an alternative to these brutal cuts – let’s make our voices heard
Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, writes about the need to march for a future that works, and against the Tory cuts.