From @LabourList
Catch up with some of the highlights on LabourList over the last week with the ShortList, below…
Check out the new LabourList Full BlogList – the 101 best progressive forums on the web (plus a few additions).
Plus, this week’s PPC Profile, of Aldershot’s Jonathan Slater.
News
Expenses are back – but does Labour have the bottle to do anything about them this time?
Bad maths: George Osborne’s £3billion hole.
Obama’s War: the numbers that add up to a very dangerous situation indeed for Britain.
Buses up 13%? PAGY Oyster up 20p a ride? Boris Johnson’s vicious attack on working Londoners.
Mega-lawyers Carter-Ruck were taken on by the blogosphere – who came out on top?
The Great British Sale: what comes first, the car or your kids’ schoolbooks?
The BBC are ‘no platforming’ the BNP’s opponents for next week’s Question Time.
Honduras: what can the international community do?
Ashcroft’s political monopoly – read Alex Hilton’s thoughts on the supposed Tory bid for LabourHome.
Ann Black’s comprehensive report on the latest NEC meeting.
Opinion
New Labour failed to challenge the Thatcher orthodoxy – and has lost its base as a result.
Neal Lawson and Gavin Hayes of Compass on Labour’s problems – and how we can change the game.
“Strategic shrinkage?” Is William Hague living on a different planet?
More Methodist than Marxist: what can Labour learn from its own Christain traditions?
Currying favour: Labour’s leaders and the problem with voter typecasting.
Party & Policy
Primed for Change: why we need primaries in the Labour party.
Penal Reform: do we really want to subject prisoner’s experiences to the Daily Mail test?
School selection: how Labour must give more power to local parents.
Blueprint: how local services must be delivered by local people.
Parliamentarians must take a lead on interns’ rights.
Previous editions of the ShortList
Conseravtive conference – October 10, 2009.
Labour conference – October 3rd, 2009.
A Britain where everyone has a stake and a say – September 5th, 2009.
Teddy Kennedy: a good and decent man – August 29th, 2009.
Election strategy – August 22nd, 2009.
We Love the NHS – August 15th, 2009.
Green shoots are not enough – August 8th, 2009.
Debating ConservativeHome – August 1st, 2009.
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