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Denis MacShane: A Parliament of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich

Our offshore newspaper proprietors have won. Parliament will now be of the rich, by the rich, for the rich. For the millionaires in David Cameron's Shadow Cabinet there is nothing to fear from the Kelly proposals. Full Article at The Independent

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