Government prepares for general strike: 8 in the morning – February 22nd

8am

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* Government lines up thousands of “strike busters” to cross picket lines during a general strike.

* Cameron attacked by the mail of “hypocrisy” over arms trip.

* Gaddafi lashes out as his power slips away…

* Cameron’s privatisation plans will create a “bleeding edge” says his policy chief.

* Labour urged not to abandon interventionism by Jim Murphy.

* Does the West understand Vladimir Putin?

* Jacqui Smith opens up about porn scandal.

* And how only a second Irish republic can save the country from serfdom.

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