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Marking International Women’s Day – 8 in the morning, March 8th

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By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

* At this election, politicians wil be “targeting the women’s vote in a more methodical manner than ever before.”

* Lord Tebbit says Lord Ashcroft should have admitted his tax status years ago.

* Peter Mandelson says Lord Ashcroft has had David Cameron “by the balls” and that the Tory leader is “too weak to pick a fight with his own party.”

* In spite of some violence, millions have voted in Iraqi elections.

* Leading figures from Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have signed a document of principles for a long-term solution to social care.

* A Conservative government could find itself at war with police chiefs amid accusations that some are too close to the Labour Party.

* The Tories were “red faced” this weekend as rumours emerged that Samantha Cameron may have voted Labour in 1997.

* Two new polls this weekend show mixed results for Labour.

To mark international women’s Day, LabourList will be publishing exciting material commissioned by an exciting speical guest editor today…

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.

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