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The Parliament expenses scandal in Britain has claimed victims in all the major parties.(The Week)
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June 22, 2009 |
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The Parliament expenses scandal in Britain has claimed victims in all the major parties, yet David Cameron and the Tories seem to have been the least affected--in part because Cameron cracked down hard on malefactors in his own ranks, in part because the stink of the status quo clings to Labour, the party in power for twelve years. European Union elections shortly after NR goes to press will show which way the wind is blowing; one last-minute poll, for the Times of London, had the Tories first at 30 percent and the UKIP (an anti-EU party) second at 19 percent, with Labour, Liberal Democrats, ...
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