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The round up of recent events (click on the links below, and it will bring up the relevant link)

1. PMQs: Bad Jokes, ‘Crap’, ‘Hashtag’ And A Fake Moustache
2. PMQs Verdict: Are we all Marxists now?
3. PMQ review: Cameron wriggles free from Miliband’s intellectual attack
4. Spanish PM: Independent Scotland would be out of the EU. Scotland would be kicked out of the European Union if it voted for independence, the Spanish Prime Minister has said in a devastating blow to Alex Salmond’s claims membership would be seamless.
5. English, Welsh and Northern Irish ‘would need to approve Scottish currency union in second referendum’
6. If I had the vote I’d grab the chance of Scottish independence
7. Labour must answer the SNP with more than a slogan. Unless Ed Miliband defines what One Nation means, the nationalists could win a victory that will leave him paralysed
8. Scotland’s Future: A Braveheart whose mum still does the laundry
9. Scotland will face severest cuts in political history if they reject independence
10. Could Susan Boyle write a new Scottish national anthem? Alex Salmond’s independence manifesto is oddly quiet on what will happen if Scotland drops God Save the Queen. Could Calvin Harris or Emeli Sandé pen a new tune? We look at some contenders
11. The march of time has outpaced the Tory modernisers
12. John Bercow bids to upgrade Parliament to ‘version 2.0’. Commons Speaker John Bercow has launched a special commission on “digital democracy”, saying it could pave the way for online voting and “e-dialogue” between MPs and constituents.
13. ‘The 35 per cent strategy is a myth’
14. The real reason why the Co-op saga is bad news for Labour
15. Nick Clegg’s scapegoating of immigrants is his most unforgiveable Tory collaboration yet. Historians of the future may say the Lib Dem did as well as he could have – nonsense
16. It’s “Immigration Hysteria Day”. Again. Here’s how Lib Dems need to respond
17. On EU migrants, David Cameron is making promises he can’t keep. Sadly for all of us, the Prime Minister does not have the guts to do what is necessary, says Nigel Farage.
18. Andrew Mitchell loses appeal over £500k Plebgate libel case fees
19. Bedroom tax: stress and struggle as benefits clawback hits home. Claimants explain how the policy has forced changes, from heating cutbacks to fruitless hunts for smaller homes
20. House prices outside South East still at pre-2008 levels
21. Most scientists believe in man-made global warming. Here’s a new reason why they may be wrong
22. Boris on Maggie: She saved us from “an ecstasy of uselessness”
23. BBC must be ‘less British’ about telling public service is worth the licence fee, says Lord Hall. The BBC must be “less British” and “get aggressive” about convincing the nation it is value for money, director-general Lord Hall argues
24. ‘The Bent Bullet: JFK and the Mutant Conspiracy’
25. Hollywood film producer confirms he was Israeli spy. The Producer of “Pretty Woman,” “Fight Club” and “L.A. Confidential” has finally come forth with a stunning admission – for years he served as an Israeli spy, buying arms on its behalf and boosting its alleged nuclear program.
26. Silvio Berlusconi Banned From Parliament - Italy’s embattled former PM loses his seat in parliament – and his constitutional protection from prosecution.
27. Venn diagrams for our times: Is Tony Blair a Catholic? 
28. Can you be Gay and be a Tory?
29. Do gay men have a crap taste in music?
30. What did we learn from the Sherlock series 3 trailer?
31. The 35 Greatest Easter Eggs From The “Doctor Who” 50th Anniversary

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