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Shake it all about

Do you want a clean sweep of MPs in May to cleanse the Augean Stables that the Palace of Westminster has become?

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End game

Year of living dangerously

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Death row

By next summer the North West Development Agency could be fighting for its life if the Tories come to power. Do business people in the region care? Has the agency made enough difference to the local economy to earn the support of firms in its fight to survive?

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Gathering storm

The most important round of party conferences is under way. Impressive shows of unity or conversely knock-down drag-out fights will set the tone for the long run-up to the inevitable General Election
next May.

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Tithing problems

Preston may be proud but it needs to raise its game. It should be attracting thousands of extra shoppers, spending their dosh in the proposed Tithebarn centre.

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Split Ends

Did James Purnell act alone? It’s a bit like the Lee Harvey Oswald question. Forty-six years after the assassination of President Kennedy controversy persists over whether Oswald was the lone gunman. I suspect that political historians will take a similar time to mull over the events of the night of 4 June 2009.

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Split ends

Did James Purnell act alone? It’s a bit like the Lee Harvey Oswald question. Forty-six years after the assassination of President Kennedy controversy persists over whether Oswald was the lone gunman. I suspect that political historians will take a similar time to mull over the events of the night of 4 June 2009.

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Euro stars

With allegations of fraud, treachery and racism, who dares say that the European Elections in the North West are boring?

Quite apart from the fact that an increasing number of laws affecting business are made in Brussels, some great stories surround the list of candidates being offered up to you for next month’s poll.

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Feeling blue

Could Geoff Driver become the North West’s answer to Boris Johnson?

You probably don’t know the gent of whom I speak, but I think you’ll come to. Cllr Driver is currently leader of the Tory opposition on Lancashire County Council. Unless Labour’s fortunes improve dramatically, the Red Rose County will be turning blue come June with Mr Driver in the driving seat.

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Peer review

How can business prevent daft laws getting onto the statute book – but in a transparent way? That's one of the issues raised by the current sleaze controversy engulfing our ermineclad friends in the House of Lords.

Independent schools

Have private schools been given six of the best by the recession? EN examines the real bottom line.

Keystroke cops

These days the data held on your computers could be worth more than the hardware itself. So what can you do to make it more secure?

Pigs in lipstick?

Examples of impressive business sales were thin on the ground in 2009 but this year could see that change – if sellers get their presentation right.

Ad its chips?

During the recession marketing budgets have migrated onto the internet at a rate of knots. What has the impact been? EN investigates.

Barring a miracle

The economy might still be limping along but at least gold traders are making a mint. EN discovers how the inflation of a bubble is spawning a glut of new businesses.

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