12th October, 2009, 3:28 pm Primed for Change: live updates Alex Smith Share this article: new TWTR.Widget({ profile: true, id: ‘twtr-profile-widget’, loop: false, width: 250, height: 300, theme: { shell: { background: ‘#3082af’, color: ‘#ffffff’ }, tweets: { background: ‘#ffffff’, color: ‘#444444’, links: ‘#1985b5’ } } }).render().setProfile(‘LabourList’).start(); Alex Smith Alex is the founder and CEO of The Cares Family. He was editor and first director of LabourList in 2009-2010, during which time he established the site as the number one Labour blog, and later an aide to Ed Miliband. @alexsmith1982 View all articles by Alex Smith Subscribe to our daily email More from LabourList Comment ‘Burnham’s vision needs a new voting system’ Andy Burnham’s vision for Britain is both hopeful and radical. Rejecting a broken economic model and the broken… Samuel Kind 6th July, 2026, 12:00 pm Analysis Teamwork makes the dream work When Andy Burnham steps across the threshold of 10 Downing Street he will have several huge jobs to… Emma Burnell 6th July, 2026, 10:40 am Interview INTERVIEW: ‘Now is our moment’: Caitlin Prowle of the Co-operative Party looks ahead to Britain’s first Co-op PM When Andy Burnham walks through the door of Downing Street later this month, he will make history as… Daniel Green 6th July, 2026, 7:48 am
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