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Giles Fraser: A Primatial problem in Parliament In a recent ICM poll, 74 per cent of the respondents said that they do not want bishops in the House of Lords. Subscriber only	Paul Vallely: Romero — a saint by acclamation HEROIC virtue is the term once used to describe the qualities that someone needed to be made a saint. Subscriber only	Who is behind the persecution? Since my retirement from being caretaker Bishop of Harare, I have had time to reflect about the most extraordinary and shocking situation that the diocese... Subscriber only

Leader: Treatment of refugees is ‘beyond poor’ THERE was a telling detail in the accounts of the deaths of three failed asylum-seekers who jumped to their deaths from a 31-storey-high Glasgow tower-block... Subscriber only	100 years ago: France and its plunder A SENSATION of the first magnitude has been created in France by the discovery of the scandalous frauds that have been perpetrated in connexion with... Subscriber only	When democracy starts to look like tyranny If human beings were perfect, there would be no need for law, at least in its coercive aspects. Subscriber only

Simon Parke: Saints in recession IF THE recession is to have patron saints, let them be Van Gogh and Mozart Subscriber only	How to fight lap-dancing clubs The Government has come under pressure in recent years to introduce stricter controls on the licensing of lap-dancing clubs. Subscriber only	We will vote, but unenthusiastically SO, WE are reaching that great purifying time when the people will vote, and the corrupt, failed, or misleading politicians will be thrown out. Subscriber only

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