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Published 11/07/2009 by Beecareful.info

Brown joins by-election campaign

Gordon Brown describes the Scottish government's decision to ditch the Glasgow Airport Rail Link project as 'short-sighted'.

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Gordon Brown doesn't deserve this criticism [News » Daniel Hannan - 11/11/2009] This has gone far enough. I really hadn’t planned to comment on l’affaire Janes but, now that the PM has come in for a third successive day of negative headlines, ...
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Brown's letter row [CNN.com - Video - 11/11/2009]
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