Labour is far from blameless, but it is the Tories who are on course to be the next government.

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She said this could be explained through the "just-world hypothesis, " the belief that people think the world should be good -- and when it is not, especially when a blameless and vulnerable person suffers as a result, someone needs to be punished.

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But at least the airline appears to have been blameless (indeed, it is suing Continental Airlines for shedding the debris that caused the crash).

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Because neither party is blameless for the decisions that led to this problem, both parties have a responsibility to solve it.

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