The Scottish finance minister also launched an attack on Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont's review of universal services, like free bus travel, describing it as a "cuts commission".

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In reaction to Suez, France had constructed a new identity as the ostensible leader of Europe, upholding a set of universal values in competition with the Americans.

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This year's Oxford Debate features journalists Peter Hitchens and Simon Jenkins discussing drugs policy, while former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown will host a debate on universal values.

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Asked about his policy on universal benefits for pensioners, such as the winter fuel allowance, the Labour leader said he was a supporter of the payment and there was independent evidence that it had been effective at tackling fuel poverty.

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That allowed NBC Universal to break even on them after first warning that it expected them to be a loss leader.

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That'll be Carwyn Jones , leader of Labour in this neck of the woods, where the Labour line is that universal, rather than means-tested services, are a key part of progressive politics (and that cutting universal benefits brings you relatively little cash but a whole lot of political pain).

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"The Packard Campus and its employees will work hard to protect the Library's comprehensive collection and make these recordings accessible to the American people and this generous contribution by Universal Music will help preserve our nation's rich cultural heritage, " said Congressman Eric Cantor, Majority Leader for the 112thCongress and U.S. Representative from the 7thDistrict of Virginia, which includes Culpeper.

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Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-South Dakota, promised to force votes on Democratic measures, such as universal coverage for Medicare recipients.

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