So after toying with support for the Tim Loughton amendment over the weekend, Labour has decided to abstain on that particular amendment, and propose their own. Let’s be clear – the most important news today is that Equal Marriage will pass through the commons, and that’s a cause for huge celebration for all but an isolated minority in the Labour Party. I made clear this morning that I didn’t buy the argument that supporting the Loughton amendment would stop or [...]
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Labour Equal marriage amendment gets Tory backing
From: HERBERT, Nick Sent: 20 May 2013 16:29 To: HERBERT, Nick Subject: Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill – voting today Dear Colleague Thank you for your support for the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill at Second Reading. You will be...
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Whitewash report claims that there’s no such thing as DWP “league tables” for sanctions
Whilst the Westminster village has been working itself up into a lather over the rise of UKIP and when/if there should be an EU referendum, the DWP snuck out a report on the evidence of DWP league tables that we brought you recently. It’s a total...
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Labour’s Equal marriage Bill amendment on Civil Partnerships
Labour MPs will be encouraged to back this amendment – rather than that of Tory backbencher Tim Loughton – today: House of Commons Monday 20 May 2013 CONSIDERATION OF BILL New Amendments handed in are marked thus * MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES)...
- Is Ed Miliband picking a fight with Google?
- Eric Joyce threatens Falkirk by-election over “entryism” concerns – Media roundup: May 20th, 2013
- Vicky Foxcroft selected as Labour’s PPC for Lewisham Deptford
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Until Cameron spells out exactly what he wants to “renegotiate”, we’re all “Don’t Knows” on the Europe question
The rift in the Conservative Party over the European Union has blown wide open and now threatens to consume the party in all-out civil war. Cameron’s set-piece speech on Europe where he announced that he would hold an In-Out Referendum by 2017 was supposed...
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Why are the Tories putting a price on loving commitment?
So here we are again. Gay Marriage. Civil Partnerships. And a Tory rebellion. Except this time it’s different. Tim Loughton’s amendment calling for Civil Partnerships to be extended to heterosexual couples is being branded a “wrecking...
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We must challenge the biggest welfare myth of all
Who can forget Gordon Brown’s meeting with Gillian Duffy? Nothing has come close in recent years to symbolising the disconnect between the Westminster bubble and the working class. As someone who had to endure every painful minute of Duffygate it’s...
- The culture of high risk credit is being exploited by betting shops
- Should people be asked if they are party supporters when they register to vote?
- You can always rely on the Conservatives to ignore the public when it comes to Europe
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Labour’s GOTV video – “Let’s change this country together”
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Labour’s latest Party Election Broadcast – “Together”
Labour’s new Party Election Broadcast has been released online. It’s built around Ed Miliband’s recent campaign visits on his “soapbox” – and on the importance of giving...
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Ed Miliband’s Local Elections Diary
The Labour Party have released the first in what is expected to be a series of Local Elections Diary videos from Ed Miliband (although it’s not strictly speaking a diary – it’s more of...
- Labour’s latest Party Political Broadcast – ‘Made by the Many’
- Miliband responds to Blair critique
- George Galloway praises the “cohesive, pristine, innocent culture” of North Korea
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