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I am accused by your Brussels correspondent, Ian Traynor, of "inhabiting a parallel universe" for disputing, following the European elections, that "European socialism is in profound crisis" (Defiant or in denial? Champions of EU progress stopped in their tracks, 9 June).
The more mundane truth is that, as president of the Party of European Socialists, which brings together Europe's socialist, social democratic and labour parties, I have a different perspective from the "EU watchers, political scientists and pollsters" whom your report quotes as declaring a socialist "collapse" and "meltdown".
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Jun 13th, 2009 - Scotsman.com
SCOTLAND Secretary Jim Murphy has warned politicians north of the Border not to be complacent about the threat posed by the British National Party. Mr Murphy told MPs yesterday that the BNP in Scotland was often underestimated...
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Jun 13th, 2009 - Mail Online
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It's a strange world when catastrophic results at the polls can come to the rescue of a sitting Prime Minister. But that's what has happened in British politics. The mauling...
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Miss Blears launched a stinging criticism of the Prime Minister's appearance on the video sharing website YouTube in which he outlined reforms to the Commons expenses system. Speaking for the first time since she quit the cabinet...
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