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The 11+ conundrum highlighted what McDonald called "the fascinating dichotomy" between the political thrust of Northern Ireland's Catholic middle class, many of whom, like their working-class counterparts, vote for Sinn Féin, and their social aspirations, which fit more readily into the centre-right political model offered by New Labour and honed by the current Lib-Con coalition government.

Rory's a hero for all of us, but my homeland is as divided as ever | Sean O'Hagan 2011

This year's political upheaval is also reflected in the new tome, with Con-Dem, Con-Lib and Lib-Con all making the cut.

Simples! Aleksandr the Meerkat gives the dictionary his word Helen Pidd 2010

The 11+ conundrum highlighted what McDonald called "the fascinating dichotomy" between the political thrust of Northern Ireland's Catholic middle class, many of whom, like their working-class counterparts, vote for Sinn Féin, and their social aspirations, which fit more readily into the centre-right political model offered by New Labour and honed by the current Lib-Con coalition government.

Rory's a hero for all of us, but my homeland is as divided as ever | Sean O'Hagan 2011

Labour's election defeat, combined with a Lib-Con coalition at Westminster, creates a gaping hole where a rampant, hungry Tory opposition sat until a few weeks ago, shadowed in its turn by ambitious Liberal Democrats.

Political briefing: the vacuum of opposition 2010

The new Lib-Con government has already announced its intention to phase out the DRA.

How to work past retirement 2010

It was obvious from the start that the Lib-Con coalition planned to take possession of the civil libertarian agenda, and was praised for its pains by some of its most noted advocates.

Labour must stay committed to civil liberties 2010

But as more details of the Lib-Con coalition's extraordinary budget emerged yesterday, the bare-faced deceit at the heart of the government's claims has become brutally evident.

Budget 2010: Osborne's claims of fairness are now exposed as a fraud 2010

Now the Lib-Con coalition is going £40bn a year further.

Don't repeat the 30s folly 2010

As I type he is defending his conduct and the Lib-Con budget on Radio 4's Today, but he is increasingly looking like a captured pawn on Cameron's board.

David Cameron shows again that he 'gets it' 2010

So now we know: the action being taken by this Lib-Con government in the name of deficit reduction will cost at least 1. 1m jobs across the public and private sectors.

Coalition is cavalier on unemployment 2010