The ShortList – March 21st

From @LabourList

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

We had two PPC Profiles this week:

Dave Rowntree, the drummer of Blur, now of the Cities of London and Westminster.

And Greg Lovell, PPC for Chippenham.

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News

A sad week for Labour: tributes were paid to Dr Ashok Kumar and Michael Foot this week.

The Tories’ attack on the Unions will not be allowed to divide the Labour Party, writes Alex Smith.

Labour’s iPhone app is now available — see the pictures here and download it now!

This week, Labour opened its 3,500th Sure Start centre — join the campaign to save one of this government’s flagship policies from the threat of a Tory government.

Opinion

“Mandy, Ken, why the toothless TV debate?”, asked Vincenzo Rampulla — “let’s look to John Lewis for business inspiration”.

This week’s budget will be a crossroads for Britain — and for Labour, writes Jeremy Corbyn MP.

LabourList’s resident Swing Voter doesn’t know whether to go with philosophy or local realpolitik.

In a tough week for the Unions, David Lammy MP talked about why their link with Labour and the community is still so important.

In a very powerful post in the week of the Stern Review, an anonymous blogger writes about why the conviction rate for rape matters.

People, party and policy

Labour’s manifesto should challenge the Tories on their supposed “change” agenda, writes David Chaplin.

Peter Barnard busts the Tory myth of Labour’s record on public finances.

Tim Nicholls asks us to take a long, hard look at Tory Southend.

Straight out of the Rovian playbook: the Tories’ attack on the Unions is a means of projecting their own weaknesses onto Labour, writes Emma Burnell.

Jag Singh highlights 5 inspiring case studies of politicians using social media…

…While Douglas Alexander promises a “word of mouth” election…

Labour should seek to develop an “ethical foreign policy” position again, writes Steve Cockburn.

Kieran Roberts is proud of Labour’s history of challenging nuclear weapons — and says we need a return to that position.

Labour can stand tall as the party of EMA, writes Wes Streeting — and should extend the policy further at this election.

Previous editions of the ShortList

International Women’s Day with Gaby Hinsliff — March 14th, 2010.

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.