The ShortList – March 14th

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Catch up with all the last week’s highlights on LabourList with the ShortList.

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News

A new poll showed Labour and the Tories are “neck and neck” on 38% each in some of the key marginal seats.

Labour launched a new campaign video this week: Take a long, hard look at the Tories on crime.

It’s experience vs ideology: Gordon Brown gives a keynote on the economy and says: “I won’t let you down”.

Le Monde criticised George Osborne this week for his mistakes and inexperience — we’ve got the full translation.

As the TV debates began in earnest with a Newsnight discussion on education policy between the schools secretaries, Ed Balls asked why Michael Gove wouldn’t – or couldn’t – answer his questions on Tory budgeting…

James Stafford calls David Cameron out on his slurs about Labour’s CND campaigners in this week’s PMQs.

Opinion

Alex Smith says the difference in style in this week’s PMQs is a good guide for how Gordon should perform in the imminent TV debates.

Interviewed exclusively for LabourList, the “Jon Cruddas of the right”, Douglas Carswell, says the left must get back to its radical traditions.

People, party and policy

Ahead of his speech to Progress this week, Chris Bryant said the Tories are leading Britain down the path to irrelevance in Europe.

Fit for the next century: Mike Katz welcomes Labour’s high-speed rail announcement.

Compass launched its new survey, Transforming Labour, and they want your views on how to do it.

After the crash: Soundings’ Jonathan Rutherford launches a new report into the re-invention of the British left.

With more positive polls for Labour this week, John Prescott said in a quick Vlog: “We’re in a fight, and we’re going to win!”

International Women’s Day

Many thanks to Gaby Hinsliff, who took on the editorship of LabourList for the day with gusto, and commissioned some superb work, including:

Why SamCam should probably vote Labour in 2010, by Sophie Elmhirst.

Why the Fawcett Society is not going to let politicians off the hook on cuts, by Ceri Goddard.

Lisa Ansell on why there’s more to the “women’s vote” than pink ballot papers and Sure Start.

Ella Rolfe on why, in spite of the quotas, there’s still a social, political and credibility gap for women in the Iraqi elections.

Kitty Ussher on how the government can better mitigate the next economic crash.

Julia Hobsbawm on the work-life balance, and the type of society parents really want.

Abortion rights are back on the political agenda in 2010, writes Darinka Aleksic.

And how social media is transforming the way we work and the type of qualities we value in other people.

Previous editions of the ShortList

Tributes to Michael Foot — March 7th, 2010.

A future fair for all — February 21st, 2010.

The start of Labour’s online push — February 14th, 2010.

Chris Grayling’s “misleading” crime stats — February 7th, 2010.

“Classic New Labour”: The Ed Balls interview — January 31st, 2010.

Where is George Osborne? — January 24th, 2010.

Causes to Fight For — January 17th, 2010.

Hoon-Hewitt gate — January 10th, 2010.

The Copenhagen climate summit — December 20th, 2009.

The PBR — December 16th, 2009

Brown comes out fighting in PQMs — December 6th, 2009.

The Chilcot Inquiry opens — November 29th, 2009.

The Queen’s Speech — November 22nd, 2009.

Glasgow North East by-election — November 14th, 2009

Blair and Miliband to Europe? — November 8th, 2009.

Europe and the Primary debate — November 1st, 2009

Griffin on Question Time — October 25th, 2009

Tory confused numbers — October 17th, 2009

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.