Last week I highlighted 5 women from the 2010 intake who Ed Miliband could add to his Shadow Cabinet in the coming months. Today I’ve taken a look at five of the wise heads on the backbenches with experience of government who could add something to Miliband’s front bench team in opposition: Alistair Darling – the obvious candidate for a return to the Shadow Cabinet at some point, Alastair Darling managed the remarkable feat of overseeing a financial crisis, and [...]
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Put reckless bankers in jail – Media roundup: June 19th, 2013
Subscribers to our morning email get the best of LabourList – including the Media and blog round up – every weekday morning. If you were a subscriber you would have already received this (and much more) in your inbox. You can sign up here. Put reckless...
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Unison set out their expectations for a Labour government
Unison General Secretary Dave Prentis set out his tests for continuing to support Labour this afternoon. Speaking at their conference in Liverpool, Prentis said: For too long we’ve built the careers of Labour politicians, only to be let down when we...
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5,000 soldiers face redundancy – Media roundup: June 18th, 2013
Subscribers to our morning email get the best of LabourList – including the Media and blog round up – every weekday morning. If you were a subscriber you would have already received this (and much more) in your inbox. You can sign up here. 5,000...
- Has David Cameron lost the plot?
- Selections roundup – including the No.1 seat on Labour’s target seat list, and a double-header in Brighton
- “It’s not over until it’s over” – Waheed Alli and the fight for Equal Marriage
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Why Labour is fighting for the legalisation of Humanist marriages today
Monday saw the first day of Committee on the Same Sex Marriage Bill, where it became clear after a three hour debate on how to distinguish Same Sex Marriage from so called “traditional” marriage that opposition to this bill has not gone away. Despite...
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Sometimes what is unsaid at PMQs is the most important thing of all…
Well that was a bad PMQs for Ed Miliband – the second in a row. Perhaps he hasn’t gotten back into his stride after such a long period without the weekly Wednesday joust, but whatever it is, Miliband isn’t hitting his marks at PMQs....
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Who benefits? Delivering on energy and infrastructure
Across the industrial north, it is striking how old pit villages and industrial towns are proving far less willing to embrace renewable energy than the noisier, more polluting fossil fuels and industries which shaped their identity. Energy companies are...
- Why on earth shouldn’t Nigel Farage visit Scotland?
- Labour needs more than a few warm words on the environment, energy security and climate change
- Labour’s lead is slipping and its main rivals are still the Tories (remember them?)
Unison Conference 2013
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Low pay: the road to ruin
Listen to a member of the current Government speak about incentives to work and you’ll notice that one issue is conspicuous by its absence: Pay. Nothing captures the upside-down world of Austerity...
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Why the government are keen to use trade unions as a scapegoat
“Mike Bassett did a better job as bloody England manager than David Cameron has as Prime Minister” Ricky Tomlinson tells me as he pauses for photos with union members at UNISON’s annual conference...
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Unison set out their expectations for a Labour government
Unison General Secretary Dave Prentis set out his tests for continuing to support Labour this afternoon. Speaking at their conference in Liverpool, Prentis said: For too long we’ve built the careers...
- This government is waging class warfare
- One of the biggest tax swindles on ordinary taxpayers has been perpetrated by the Government itself
- It’s time to ban 15 minute care slots – elderly people deserve better
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Cameron refuses to answer question on secret government plans to hike interest on student loans
Last week it was revealed that the government discussed secret plans to hike interest on pre-existing student loans, meaning...
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Australian PM asked if her partner is gay by radio host – simply because he’s a hairdresser
The Australian election is getting really unpleasant. Labor leader and PM Julia Gillard has faced some pretty vile sexist...
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Labour leader attacked with salami sandwich
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard narrowly avoided being caught by a stray salami sandwich whilst campaigning at a...
- Labour’s GOTV video – “Let’s change this country together”
- Labour’s latest Party Election Broadcast – “Together”
- Ed Miliband’s Local Elections Diary
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