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UK MP hits out at 'Australian huckster'

Labour MP Diane Abbott said the influence of the Tory strategy chief Lynton Crosby was clear after plain packaging for cigarettes and minimum pricing for alcohol were not included in Wednesday's Queen's Speech, despite the government previously suggestin
AAP (Australian Associated Press) (au)
added May 9, 2013 14:24
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[UK] STACEY: Senior Tories distance themselves from Crosby | Westminster blog

Even Tories are getting involved ... Sarah Wollaston MP Are alcohol & tobacco lobbyists the real 'barnacles' that need to be scraped off the Ship of State?
Financial Times blogs
added May 9, 2013 14:22
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[UK] 'Get the barnacles off the boat' — Lynton Crosby's advice to David Cameron is pure West Wing

That is part of the advice that Lynton Crosby has given David Cameron and senior Conservatives thinking about the next general election. The advice, if it needs explaining, means getting rid of extraneous policies and projects that distract from the core
Electronic Telegraph blogs (uk)
added May 9, 2013 14:14
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PICKARD: When Ukip tried to hire Lynton Crosby | Westminster blog

Ukip wanted to hire Mr Crosby about a year ago to become their elections supremo. But the asking price, supposedly £350,000 a year – or the equivalent – would have been outside the reach of Mr Farage’s chequebook. (UPDATE: My mole now says it was £750,000
Financial Times blogs
added May 9, 2013 14:12
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[UK] Diane Abbott: Cameron must explain plain packaging broken promise

it's clear that Lynton Crosby and the government's friends in big business are pulling the strings, and public health is being quietly ditched by this government. "David Cameron needs to get out of the bunker and explain why the government is breaking ye
PoliticsHome (uk)
added May 9, 2013 14:02
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[Europe, Malta] Defending anti-fraud agency over Dalli affair

Giovanni Kessler, head of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), has gone from accuser to accused. In a phone interview with Mark Micallef he speaks of his agency’s actions,which led to John Dalli’s resignation as European Commissioner.
Times of Malta (mt)
added May 9, 2013 06:52
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[Europe, Malta] Witness denies she came up with figure of €60m

Defence lawyers of Sliema restaurateur Silvio Zammit yesterday pressed the police’s witness Gayle Kimberley on whether she was the one who came up with the €60 million figure at the heart of the Dalligate scandal. Dr Kimberley denied it categorically, b
Times of Malta (mt)
added May 9, 2013 06:51
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[Europe, Malta] Kimberly denies she was the one who asked for €60m bribe

Lawyer Gayle Kimberly, the local representative of Swedish Match this afternoon denied in court that she was the person who had asked for €50m to €60m to secure the lifting of the EU ban on snus smokeless tobacco.
Times of Malta (mt)
added May 9, 2013 06:48
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[Europe] Olaf leak questions legal basis of Dalli probe

Staes says they have information on a number of people inside the commission that have themselves met with tobacco industry lobbyists in contravention of the same rules that saw Dalli go. “Why can you blame a commissioner and force him to resign on the
EUobserver.com
added May 9, 2013 06:46
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[New Mexico] Carruthers is new president of NMSU

On Monday, Cheney said he had not talked to Carruthers about his involvement in TASSC and still hoped to speak to several of the legislators about their concerns about Carruthers’ work on behalf of Philip Morris. “But I’m confident in Garrey’s ability to
Albuquerque Journal
added May 9, 2013 06:06
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