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                            The prison service - Dangerous, crowded and ineffective 
                             

                            
                            
                            THERE is an impression that our prisons are full of drug dealers lounging on bunk beds as they flick through the channels on their huge plasma screen TVs, all the while coo-cooing their budgies.
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                            Rural post offices - They must be sustained
                             

                            
                            
                            ANYONE who thinks that rural post offices are just about stamps, pensions and dog licences probably lives in a house with a regular bus service, say every 15minutes, passing outside the door. Maybe a wine, sushi or tapas bar around the corner too.
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                            Don’t be scared — there are no time bombs in the Lisbon treaty 
                             

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                            Here are some of the words that don’t appear at all in the treaty: euthanasia, family planning, abortion, contraception or divorce.
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