The issue is an emotive one for Labour, as several of the party's leading lights benefited from free university education.

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Even avowed republicans were taking part, perhaps seeing the Union flag trimmings as simply the backcloth to a party, like fairy lights at Christmas.

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In many parts of the South, the Liberal Democrats are concentrating efforts on their decapitation policy which aims to unseat some of the leading lights within the Conservative Party.

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The Lifestyle Club's 35 employees have already satisfied requests such as a New Year's Eve helicopter excursion to behold the Northern Lights in Iceland, and a tented dinner party for 100 in Giza, Egypt.

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