The torch relay is an event, a happening, the social gathering of communities many of which don't unite round much else these days.

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Why can't we unite and fight against our real enemy - poverty?

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Obama hasn't proven that he has the ability to unite the party, Eskew tells Montagne, and Clinton's support could help.

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The economic benefits don't outweigh other concerns, said Melissa Mason, legislative liaison for Unite Here!

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Peter Coulson, a spokesman for the Unite union, said he was fighting hard to keep LTI in the UK because he "didn't want to see another British icon leave these shores".

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