You’ve got to admire Nigel Farage. Like a comedian who’s already died on stage at the Glasgow Empire, he’s put on his “optimistic” hat and chosen to return to Scotland to campaign for UKIP. His last visit, you will recall, was memorable for his being forced to seek refuge in an Edinburgh pub from a mob of nationalists and trots shouting “SCUM!” at him as he tried to convey his message (a tad harsh, I thought. But I suppose “gentleman [...]
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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...
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Has David Cameron lost the plot?
Once upon a time David Cameron was known for his deft handling of the public mood. Not anymore. Last night, he tweeted: This is the menu for the #G8UK dinner. I’ll chair a discussion on tax, trade, transparency and Syria at 830 tonight pic.twitter.com/GAWDxvEDkI —...
- 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
- Twigg wants all schools to have same freedoms as academies – Media roundup: June 17th, 2013
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Labour needs more than a few warm words on the environment, energy security and climate change
It seems that with the announcements of their intention to end universality in social security and accept the Coalition’s spending envelopes, Labour are gradually beginning to articulate what the Labour Party’s 2015 manifesto will look like. While...
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Labour’s lead is slipping and its main rivals are still the Tories (remember them?)
The Independent’s poll of polls announced last week showed two things: the first is that Labour’s poll lead is slipping (to five points, its lowest level in a year, a year which has been abysmal for the Tories). This is exactly what we would expect,...
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Say No to the recall of MPs!
I have been surprised by the extent of media and other support, including editorially by the Guardian, for the proposal now espoused by the government for a given percentage of an MP’s constituents to be allowed to ‘recall’ him or her between elections,...
- There’s much to welcome from Stephen Twigg’s speech – but many questions too. What do you want to ask him?
- We are the party of work. Labour – the clue is in the name
- Putting values that matter at the centre of our national game
Unison Conference 2013
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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...
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This government is waging class warfare
A glance at the agenda for our union’s annual conference, starting today in Liverpool, shows the sheer breadth of the damage that this Tory-led coalition is wreaking on its citizens. Our union,...
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One of the biggest tax swindles on ordinary taxpayers has been perpetrated by the Government itself
The coalition government love a good bandwagon and its latest target is tax dodgers. We see a lot of crocodile tears being shed over honest taxpayers being swindled out of millions by big business and...
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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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Labour’s GOTV video – “Let’s change this country together”
- Labour’s latest Party Election Broadcast – “Together”
- Ed Miliband’s Local Elections Diary
- Labour’s latest Party Political Broadcast – ‘Made by the Many’
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