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WELL, thank God that’s over. Finally, the media circus has drawn to a close and the polls can get back to more traditional forms of electioneering — false promises, mendacity and back-biting.
The last time this many nefarious and untelegenic individuals were paraded across our screens was the Nuremberg trials, and there was as little truth told then too.
Thursday night saw the final leaders’ debate, with Cameron, Clegg and Miliband ta king to Question Time, broadcast from Leeds, in a last desperate bid to bolster their vote.
As extremist movements grow on the streets and at the ballot box, the emergence of the Together Alliance points to a vital strategy: unity across trade unions, campaigners and communities, says TONY CONWAY
DIANE ABBOTT exposes the misconceptions, rumours and downright lies perpetrated around immigration issues
‘Honest’ Tom Wharton’s 1682 drunken rampage through St Mary’s church haunted his political career, but his satirical song Lillibullero helped topple Catholic James II during the Glorious Revolution, writes MAT COWARD
