Earlier this week Stephen Twigg agreed to answer questions put to him by Labour Party members and supporters following his major speech on Monday. The party sent out an email to all members inviting questions, and I wrote about Twigg’s speech – inviting people to ask Stephen whatever they wanted. The Labour Party hasn’t always been particularly open to interaction with members – especially on policy – but they deserve credit for the way they gone about this Q&A, as [...]
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Yvette Cooper: “Nick Clegg revealed how little he understands violence against women this morning”
Nick Clegg has come under fire after he questioned whether or not images showing Charles Saatchi attacking his wife Nigella Lawson showed a “fleeting” exchange. Unsurprisingly, many people have pointed out to the Deputy Prime Minister that...
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“I was wrong” for flipping my house, says Labour ex-minister – Media roundup: June 20th, 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. “I...
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Back to Black? The return of In The Black Labour
18 months ago Anthony Painter, Hopi Sen and Adam Lent released their pamphlet “In the Black Labour”, which generated a substantial amount of coverage after calling for Labour to embrace “fiscal conservatism”. Now they’ve...
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The propaganda of the class war
I have become fascinated by Made in Chelsea. Not by the storylines or characters. I honest couldn’t care less if Binky is going out with Proudlock, or whether Ollie is gay or straight (or if the concept of bisexuality ever makes it to SW3), though I...
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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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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...
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