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Daily View 2×2: 19 January 2010

On this day in 1966, Indira Ghandi was elected as the first woman Prime Minister of India, whilst 20 years ago today, the rebel English cricket team, led by Mike Gatting, landed at Johannesburg airport.

Today we wish a happy 30th birthday to world champion Jenson Button and also commemorate the 132nd anniversary of the birth of former Arsenal manager Herbert Chapman. Voters go to the polls today in Massachusetts, to elect a Senator for the seat left vacant by the death of Edward Kennedy.

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Cadbury agrees Kraft takeover bid

It seems that UK confectioner Cadbury has given up the …

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  • Meg Thomas
    ' increase it to reduce demand upon the NHS and social care. ' Please show me the evidence. A boadbrush statement that poverty is linked to poor health is not...
  • expats
    I'm confused by this article and some of the comments.. If, as has been stated, our pension should increase by up to £6,000 to the current level of Europe j...
  • Peter Wrigley
    Surely if this ratchet effect helps us o get up to the European average for pensions more quickly, that's all to the good....
  • Ruth Bright
    Thanks Michael. Apropos your point about private equity firms. At the other end of scale, smaller operators in the sector (with a turnover of under 10.2 million...
  • Hywel
    "Let’s meet the constituency link full on. Most people now don’t have an MP of their political persuasion, so effectively there’s no link anyway. " Ind...