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Sunder Katwala

Sunder Katwala

Sunder Katwala is General Secretary of the Fabian Society. He was previously a leader writer and internet editor at The Observer, research director for the Foreign Policy Centre think-tank, and Commissioning Editor for Politics and Economics for the publisher Macmillan. Sunder blogs primarily at Next Left, but also at Comment is Free and Liberal Conspiracy.

Posted on Jan 13, 2009 at 03:26pm

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They think it's all over... (and really, they're right)

1:08 pm, Wed 8th Sep 2010
They think it's all over... (and really, they're right) By Sunder Katwala / @nextleft So that was the Labour leadership election, 2010. As the deadline for new members to join and get a vote ticks past as I blog,...
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Will second preferences decide the Labour leadership?

2:43 pm, Mon 6th Sep 2010
Will second preferences decide the Labour leadership? By Sunder Katwala / @nextleft The Ed Miliband campaign says they expect to win the Labour leadership on second preference votes. The Guardian reports the claim that their canvassing returns...
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Too close to call

8:56 am, Fri 30th Jul 2010
By Sunder Katwala / @nextleft The first piece of decent information about the views of those who will vote in the Labour leadership contest comes in a YouGov poll of...
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How much do union nominations matter?

10:53 am, Fri 16th Jul 2010
How much do union nominations matter? By Sunder Katwala / @nextleft How much difference will trade union endorsements make in the Labour leadership? The truth is that nobody knows for sure. There is a tendency to...
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The British left only succeeds at times of national hope

9:29 am, Thu 8th Jul 2010
The British left only succeeds at times of national hope By Sunder Katwala “It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention to attention during ‘God...
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Harriet and the NEC should #askthemembers about the leadership contest we need

10:19 pm, Sun 16th May 2010
Harriet and the NEC should #askthemembers about the leadership contest we need By Sunder Katwala The Labour NEC meeting on Tuesday, one week after Labour left office, expects to set out the timetable for a leadership contest. Ann Black blogs on LabourList...
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Why Harriet's acting leadership matters

11:07 am, Wed 12th May 2010
Why Harriet's acting leadership matters By Sunder Katwala / @NextLeft Good luck to Harriet Harman, who is acting leader of the Labour Party after Gordon Brown's resignation as party leader took effect immediately last night....
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Revealed: The real author of Cameron's big society soundbite is not Sam Cam, but Thatcher

3:07 pm, Tue 13th Apr 2010
Revealed: The real author of Cameron's big society soundbite is not Sam Cam, but Thatcher By Sunder Katwala / @NextLeft David Cameron was clear in launching the Conservative Party manifesto today as to what his core argument is: "And all of it brought together by...
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The real signal sent by the Tory marriage tax breaks: We value those marriages where one partners stays home

8:52 am, Sat 10th Apr 2010
The real signal sent by the Tory marriage tax breaks: We value those marriages where one partners stays home By Sunder Katwala / @NextLeft So we at last have the details of the proposed Conservative plan to send a signal by "recognising marriage" in the tax system. The means...
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So, does the Mail accuse Thatcher, Major and Howard of class war too?

8:34 am, Wed 7th Apr 2010
So, does the Mail accuse Thatcher, Major and Howard of class war too? By Sunder Katwala / @NextLeft The Daily Mail has a screaming "NOW THE CLASS WAR BEGINS" front-page splash headline on Wednesday, with James Chapman's story of an election "descending into...
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