Bank holiday housekeeping

LabourList By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

Just a quick post to say that LabourList will be a little quieter than usual over the remainder of the Bank Holiday weekend (and Tuesday) as I’m taking a brief summer break. That means there will be fewer posts on the site, and comments will take longer to be moderated – apologies for any inconvenience caused.

However I’ll be back on Wednesday, and as the political season swings back into action we have plenty of exciting things planned, including a new look and feel for the site, exciting new campaigns, the first lessons from the US 2012 campaign and our unparalleled conference coverage.

See you next week.

Mark Ferguson

Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015.

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