"For those people who are in work, more will be on temporary contracts than for a very long time - the highest for 10 years, " shadow work and pensions secretary Liam Byrne told the BBC.
He notes that although a detectable tilt is caused when the temperature drops by a few degrees, that tilt is too small to explain the anomalies and, in any case, it would lag roughly 30 minutes behind the shadow (because it takes time for the ground to cool) while the experimental measurements show a change in g instantaneously during an eclipse.
But with all of the indices at or near new all-time highs (save for the Nasdaq, perennially in the shadow of its mania highs north of 5000), many are beginning to wonder whether or not the secular bear that began 13 years ago has finally been slain.
Labour's shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg said it was time for Mr Gove to "think again".
However, Scottish MP and Shadow Defence Secretary Mr Murphy said it was time for the SNP to stop "shilly shallying" over the referendum date and "get on with it".
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When Labour attempted to push for similar changes, the Conservative shadow home secretary at the time, Chris Grayling, said the government had "built a culture of surveillance which goes far beyond counter-terrorism and serious crime".
On Thursday shadow community cohesion minister, Baroness Warsi, who appeared on Question Time for the Conservatives, said it was a "real shame" Mr Woolas was not on the programme to defend his comments.
Unfortunately Mr Herbert has not been able to announce when his emergency bill will appear, or what is going to be in it - the House was pretty incredulous, and Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper wasted no time in tearing into the government for not acting sooner, and for not being able to offer MPs a timetable for action.
The housing recovery is already having a positive impact on growth, pushing GDP up as residential investment accelerates, but with more than 1.1 million homes in some state of foreclosure and a shadow inventory that tops 2 million units, it will take some time for the market to truly heal, while the risk of slowdown and a reversal remains a possibility.
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For the Conservatives, the then shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers said at the time she was "not convinced that a change would be justified".
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Recently, however, the Tory shadow chancellor of the exchequer proposed abolishing the stamp tax for most first-time home buyers, as well as removing millions of people from the jaws of Britain's death tax.
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