"If you establish a right unity government, you create an effective platform to make ... decisions because you have wider support of your own party, " he said.

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Mr. WEISMAN: The other reason there's been a drop in support, I suspect, is because you have - the conservatives are now in power, and ideologically they're much more closely aligned with George Bush and the Republican position.

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They will be measures that should have bipartisan support and that he expects will have bipartisan support, because everyone's focus in Washington, whether you're a member a of Congress or a member of this administration, ought to be on getting this economy moving faster and the need to hire more people faster.

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Mr Clarke appealed for people to support "new laws for dog owners, because you would not like any of your loved ones to have this happen to them".

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