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1. British male identity crisis 'spurring machismo and heartlessness'

14 May 2013: Diane Abbott speech to Demos thinktank warns of rapid economic change creating a disaffected 'Fight Club' generation

2. Grant Shapps pushes Clegg to back 'in-out' EU referendum bill

15 May 2013: Tories step up pressure on Lib Dems to agree to draft bill citing 'hypocrisy' of party's abandoned 2010 pledge

3. Cornel West: 'They say I'm un-American'

13 May 2013:

The American academic and firebrand campaigner talks to Hugh Muir about Britain's deep trouble, fighting white supremacy and where Obama is going wrong

4. David Cameron fights UN plan to commit to reduced income inequality

14 May 2013: Prime minister argues in New York that UN should instead focus on 'measurable, concrete' goals in developing world

5. Labour voters increasingly turning against the poor, study says

13 May 2013:

New study of public attitudes to poverty shows that more than in any other constituency, solidarity among Labour voters with poor is diminishing

6. Civil partnerships for heterosexual couples a bad idea, says Maria Miller

14 May 2013: Equalities minister tells parliamentary committee such a move should not be included in same sex marriage legislation

7. David Cameron offers olive branch on EU referendum as Ukip soars

14 May 2013:

Prime minister endorses early referendum bill as major parties hit in Guardian poll

8. EU referendum: Cameron move 'exasperates' senior Brussels officials

14 May 2013: Officials in private question PM's abrupt concession to backbenchers and warn UK move could prompt series of risky national votes

9. EU referendum - Q&A

14 May 2013: Answers to key questions surrounding the issue of a possible referendum on Britain's relationship with the European Union

10. Gove's claims of teenagers' ignorance harpooned by retired teacher

13 May 2013: Freedom of information request reveals use of PR-commissioned opinion polls and lack of concrete research

11. David Cameron denies EU referendum plan is panic reaction to Eurosceptics

14 May 2013: Prime minister says his move towards an in/out referendum on EU membership shows he is master of his party

12. Farage factor powers Ukip support to record high

13 May 2013: Guardian/ICM poll sees Ukip double its support in a month amid unprecedented disillusionment with top three parties

13. No one expects the austerity inquisition

14 May 2013: With torturer-in-chief Osborne absent, Sir Peter Tapsell used Treasury questions to invoke the archbishop of Toledo

14. Angelina Jolie and William Hague form unlikely double act to tackle rape in war

27 Mar 2013: Film star and foreign secretary have spent four days visiting refugee camps – and already finish each other's sentences

15. Boris Johnson puts Michael Gove in his place over EU referendum | Michael White

13 May 2013: Michael White: It's fun to watch one ambitious Tory outmanoeuvre another, and no doubt Ed Miliband will be delighted too

16. Russell Brand on Margaret Thatcher: 'I always felt sorry for her children'

9 Apr 2013:

The actor and comedian recalls a bizarre recent encounter with the Iron Lady, and how it prompted him to think about growing up under the most unlikely matriarch-figure imaginable

17. Local elections liveblog ticker

3 May 2013:

Local elections liveblog ticker

18. Local elections 2013 results ticker

3 May 2013:

All the UK local election results as they come in

19. Local elections 2013: Friday 3 May as it happened

3 May 2013:

Look back at the day's developments as Andrew Sparrow and Barry Neild covered the local election results and reaction

20. Stephen Bates's diary: Sun down at the Reform Club

14 May 2013: Stephen Bates: It's the end of a tabloid era in Pall Mall. But why?

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