The disclosure, in documents abandoned in the British Ambassador’s residence in Tripoli, suggests at least 12 UK-based opponents of Gaddafi may have been double-crossed. Patrick McKenna, 55, who will advise Labour on the 'creative industries', recruited dozens of high-profile figures to pump money into a fund giving tax benefits to film investors. Nick Clegg was last night accused of hypocrisy for blocking moves to claw back powers from t he EU - while secretly agreeing that Brussels is as 'undemocratic as North Korea'. Police said that they came under attack from the protesters in the city of Thessaloniki. using flare guns, stones, sticks and even a petrol bomb. They were protesting against Prime Minister George Papandreou's Socialist government's austerity measures which include cutting pensions and salaries while raising taxes and retirement ages. ...readHow Labour secretly put Libyan dissidents under house arrest
at Gaddafi's behest following Blair's 'deal in the desert'
Miliband's new adviser and a £75m celebrity tax probe involving
Wayne Rooney and Jeremy Paxman
'As undemocratic as North Korea': What Nick Clegg used to think of the
EU as he condemned 'grubby deals' thrashed out in Brussels
Riot police fire tear gas at 17,000 anti-cuts protesters in Greece as prime minister pledges to avoid 'catastrophic' bankruptcy
Sunday, 11 September 2011
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