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May 2002  

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03   Demos Kratos - French presidential election - Defending Tony Blair's internationalism, again - Clare Short, a loose political cannon - Nuclear Power, Yes? or No? - Democracy: Ochlocracy must be countered - Le Pen's challenge: We need rational doctrine of right of abode - Vivendi: first cracks appear - America: discovered by a Welshman - Human Rights Act: What it cannot do

09   European General Elections: My socialist perspective - World Cup football: abuse of power, in Japanese parks - Rights & responsibilities: a New Labour error - China honours small business enterprise - Barbara Castle's legacy: Fiery commitment to Old Age Pensions

12   Devolution in England: White Paper published - TV Reform: Does not go far enough - Public Primacy: PFI for schools, hospitals, RAF airfields - Japan: Young Mayor rattles Liberal Democrats - Green Belts: Labour should use them, for housing

16   UK Dependent Territories: Citizenship granted - Electoral Register: Human Rights compromise - Cyprus: UN initiative - Human Rights: the Libertarian Right - Police: Blunkett should NOT have apologised - Secondary Education should not be compulsory: parents are wrongly pursued for truancy - sperm Donors: children should be allowed access

20  Venture Capital for small business, role of public sector - Intellectual Property: need for mandatory licensing - GDP: Problems of definition - Community Service: an inappropriate form of "punishment" - Electronic tagging: uncivilised device - UK Redistribution: Barnett Formula must be revised - UK Mutuals under continued attack

23  "Excess profit" not understood - Governmental legitimacy at stake - Drugs Law Reform: HAC Commons Committee good, but no substantive reform - The City: corruption of judgement, says Vallance - Welsh rural housing: new associations needed - Golfballs and capitalism

27   Managing international migration: new system needed - Drugs: Prof Grayling asserts drugs freedom - UK Devolution: Give English regions similar rights - Need for Data Access Commission - Patents: Employee Inventors' rights asserted - Market Denial: new political technique - "Taming the Corporations": What can we do? - Neil Back: Rugby amorality, professional fouls - Founding new schools: new procedures needed

30  Labour misunderstands business - Public Interest Company: the case for legal reform - Secondary Education: Remove compulsion - UK Census should be abolished - Redundant Lords: no compensation should be paid - Stephen Byers departs: Radical policy change needed - Marriage should remain a civil procedure - German legalism: political risks - Crisis for Old Age Pensions

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