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Sixteen- And 17-year-olds Pay Taxes And Can Join The Army, So Surely They Should In Turn Be Given Their Right To Vote.

As The Prospect Of A Tory Government Gets Nearer, Many Traditional Labour Voters - Some Who Switched Away In Recent Times And Many Who Stayed At Home - Seem More Determined To Prevent That Happening.

Surely, The Best And Most Effective Measure Is To Get The Economy Moving And Shorten The Period Of Recession Or Slowdown. That's The Rationale For Gordon Brown's "fiscal Stimulus" And It Sounds Like A Good One To Me.

The Tories Seem Unable To Make Any Impact North Of The Border.

Connecting People To Jobs And To Each Other Is Absolutely Vital To A City's Economy (and To The Wider Economy).