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...The deputy chair, Baroness Noakes, takes the Tory whip in the Lords. Graham Mather is a former Tory MEP....
...Charles Dickens: A Life, by Claire Tomalin, Viking, RRP£30 Dickens has a place in the heart of the nation....
...Xmas comes early Charles Schumer, the US senator, has created an interesting verb: “We will not Christmas tree this bill.”...
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