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

1. Britain has very little to fear from the ECHR. So why are so many Tories so afraid of it?
2. Without older voters the Greens have little hope. Are the Greens set to become the latest party of significance? Their lack of support among older voters is pegging them at 5 per cent.
3. Something amazing has happened to the Labour Party
4. Lib Dem report calls for party to restore activist morale. The report said the Liberal Democrats made a mistake by placing themselves ‘as the direct opponents to Ukip’
5. Your problem Prime Minister, is blowing in the wind.
6. Could Ed Miliband’s Wife Turn Out To Be His ‘Secret Weapon’?
7. Benefit sanctions hit most vulnerable people the hardest, report says. Claimants not told about hardship system and sanctions imposed when they were not at fault, DWP study finds
8. Israel has discovered that it’s no longer so easy to get away with murder in the age of social media. All you now need is a mobile phone and a Twitter account to hold power to account, and help change history
9. EU free movement rules being exploited by drugs runners and human traffickers, says Government study
10. Whitehall review into freedom of movement lands blow to Eurosceptics aiming to make radical changes to migration rules
11. Bill Clinton accused of having a busty blonde mistress code-named ‘Energizer’ by his Secret Service detail who hide the woman from Hillary
12. Selina Scott to decide whether to stand as an MP in next 48 hours
13. 58% of British people who are very interested in cricket say that Alastair Cook should resign as England captain
14. MH17: five of the most bizarre conspiracy theories. From Zionist plots to the Illuminati, some wildly imaginative alternatives are being promoted by the likes of Russian TV
15. Thomas the Tank Engine had to shut the hell up to save children everywhere. Classism, sexism, anti-environmentalism bordering on racism: any parent who discovered these hidden lessons will be glad the show’s star just quit
16. Today is the 716th anniversary of the Battle of Falkirk, when Edward Longshanks went all Malleus Scotorum forcing William Wallace to resign as Guardian of Scotland.