Raising the stakes – 8 in the morning: January 25th

8am

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* Labour has to raise the stakes, says Mary Riddell.

* The common man exits modern politics…

* New claims to consider on phone hacking.

* AV Filibuster could finish off the house of lords.

* The referendum too, is at risk from the delays in the upper chamber…

* Cameron’s “moral blindness”.

* Tory MPs turn on big society guru Steve Hilton.

* And Cable defends the government’s economic record.

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