Upsurge in popular support for Irish unification
Two significant opinion polls have put the question of Irish unification firmly on the agenda.
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Labour falls sharply in polls after accepting Tory austerity
By Stephen MacAvoy
On 13 January Ed Balls, previewing a speech to the Fabians, launched a new Labour policy – that Labour supported the Tory-led governments public sector pay freeze and it would start from a baseline of maintaining Tory cuts.