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Mike Ion

Mike Ion

Mike Ion was Labour's PPC for Shrewsbury in 2005 and writes for Comment is Free, Progress and Tribune. He runs his own blog, which can be read here.

Posted on Mar 02, 2009 at 10:01am


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Reviewing academic selection? Justice demands it

9:42 am, Thu 2nd Sep 2010
Reviewing academic selection? Justice demands it By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Ed Miliband is right; the process by which parents can vote on whether to maintain academic selection simply doesn't work. Yes, we need a review:...
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In praise of ... the comprehensive school

3:51 pm, Thu 26th Aug 2010
In praise of ... the comprehensive school  By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Let's begin with a little quiz. What do the Today programme presenter Evan Davies, Ed Miliband, his brother David, the BBC Business Editor Robert Peston,...
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Why I'm backing Ed Miliband for leader

12:37 pm, Tue 13th Jul 2010
Why I'm backing Ed Miliband for leader By Mike Ion / @MikeIon For some weeks now I have been taking every opportunity I can to tell my fellow Labour party members why I want Ed Miliband to...
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BSF is something we can't afford not to do

10:24 am, Tue 6th Jul 2010
BSF is something we can't afford not to do By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Ambition drives success. When launched in February 2004, Building school for the future (BSF) was the largest and most ambitious scheme of its kind anywhere...
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New Labour may be over, but the party is alive with renewed possibility

7:54 am, Fri 14th May 2010
New Labour may be over, but the party is alive with renewed possibility By Mike Ion / @MikeIon If Labour is to have any chance of returning to government at the first time of asking then it could well benefit from looking closely...
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For profit schools and the Tories

12:48 pm, Tue 13th Apr 2010
For profit schools and the Tories By Mike Ion / @MikeIon So there we have it, the Tory answer to making our schools better: let private companies run schools for a profit. According to Mr Cameron...
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After the selection: We need a coalition of the willing in places like Stoke

12:31 pm, Sat 3rd Apr 2010
After the selection: We need a coalition of the willing in places like Stoke By Mike Ion Mark Seddon is a man I respect and admire but his piece in yesterday's Guardian about the selection of Labour's candidate for Stoke Central is unhelpful, distracting...
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MP bloggers talk but don't listen

9:22 am, Thu 11th Mar 2010
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Some recent research by the Hansard Society has found that although 83% of MPs have a personal website, only 11% of them blog, less than...
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Catchphrase politics is no substitute for policy substance

12:08 pm, Mon 1st Mar 2010
Catchphrase politics is no substitute for policy substance By Mike Ion According to David Cameron it is his “patriotic duty” to remove Gordon Brown from office. Does this mean that anyone who votes Labour at the next election...
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Labour should make a preferential option for the poor

11:24 am, Fri 19th Feb 2010
Labour should make a preferential option for the poor By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Today, Gordon Brown will seek to portray the modern Tory party as right wing wolves in sheep's clothing. He will argue that David Cameron has...
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