The ShortList – October 17th

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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.

Cruddas and Purnell – July 23rd, 2009.

The Ken Livingstone interview – July 18th, 2009

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