The modern Conservatives will be a party of equal opportunity.

BBC: David Davis statement in full

Her appointment was very much a reflection of the times, in that her tenure predated the emergence of the Christian right and the conservative turn in the Republican Party, making it possible for a woman who supported abortion rights and the Equal Rights Amendment to serve in the party leadership role.

FORBES: New RNC Chair: Reince Priebus In, Maria Cino And Ann Wagner Out

Gephardt's spokesman, Erik Smith, said the minority leader decided to sign on to Roemer's measure, rather than the McCain-Lieberman plan, because it was introduced first and would have an equal number of people from each party.

CNN: Gephardt favors bill creating independent 9/11 panel

The Democratic Party's stance of supporting child-care, equal pay for equal work and raising the minimum wage rallies women and Latinos behind the party, said Olga Vives, a Cuban-American who is vice-president of the National Organization for Women.

CNN: Women, minorities faithful to Democrats

Furthermore, like many successful strongmen, he has the common touch, which allows him to connect with ordinary Cambodians in a way that his principal opponent, Sam Rainsy of the eponymous Sam Rainsy Party, has struggled to equal.

ECONOMIST: One of the last (we hope) Asian strongmen

The EHRC wrote to Mr Griffin on June 23rd that it believed the BNP fell foul of the law in its race-based membership policy, its hiring (which appears to be restricted to party members) and what the EHRC interpreted as hints that the party would not provide an equal service to constituents of all races.

ECONOMIST: Racism

The Alliance Party leader David Ford has compared the current debate over equal marriage legislation to the civil rights campaign 50 years ago in Northern Ireland.

BBC: Ford compares gay marriage debate to civil rights campaign

Welsh and English formally have equal status in the new Assembly, and some members, particularly those belonging to Plaid Cymru, the nationalist party, insist on speaking it.

ECONOMIST: Welsh name-calling