To date, our big European policies, like pulling our MEPs out of the European People's Party, have been smart opposition politics.

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Mr Tipping said he would put the people of Nottinghamshire ahead of party politics, stating his aim was to become "a people's commissioner - not a police commissioner".

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But it's precisely such politics that has stopped either party from helping the American people.

WHITEHOUSE: The 2010 State of the Union Address