Use the filters below to refine your search
You may recall the moving piece we posted last week by Jon's daughter Henrietta. If you knew Jon you might like to know that his funeral is at 11 am this Thursday (19th) at St. Stephens, Canonbury (map). There is a wake afterwards and all…
By Derek Simpson The campaign for fair access to jobs for British workers in the construction industry has nothing to do with the exclusion of other EU nationals from work in Britain. It is in fact about protecting people working in Britain…
By Andy Slaughter UPDATE: Friday 20th February: Tel Aviv - 12:28 pm, Fri 20th Feb 2009 Last night we had dinner with Jocelyn Hurndall. Jocelyn's son Tom was deliberately shot by an Israeli sniper while protecting children in Gaza in 2003…
By David Boothroyd When Alan Milburn took charge of opening the professions to people from all backgrounds, The Times interviewers could not resist saying how social mobility had affected this "son of a single mother" who grew up "on a…
This weekend, LabourList held Guido Fawkes to account on a string of racist remarks he chose to publish on his site. This caused a lot of controversy on the web, and we are proud that we are raising questions about whether politically…
Do advertisers really want to be associated with Guido's offensive and hateful comments? It is wonderful that pressure from LabourList supporters has forced Paul Staines to take the racist comments off his website. He should be commended…
By Derek Draper Last week we held Iain Dale to account for condoning Carol Thatcher's use of the term 'golliwog' to describe a mixed race tennis player. (He still does so). Sadly the right wing blogosphere has today proved itself to be even…
By Joe Coward The emergence of John Prescott as Labour's Cyber Warrior has surprised many people. Whilst the majority of attention has focused upon JP's conversion to new media, a more profound development is Prescott's recognition that…
LunchtimeList No.24 ~ The best and most relevant stuff in today's papers and on the web ~ Thursday 12th February, 2009 COMMENT OF THE DAY 'Labour members can take heart that their views on free market fundamentalism have been vindicated…
By Richard Lane The British Government yesterday banned a Dutch MP from entering the country for fear his incendiary beliefs would incite racial hatred against Muslim populations. The MP, Geert Wilders of the Dutch Freedom Party, had been…
By Dan McCurry In the annals of The Perfect Crime, under the section "Sex Industry Traffickers", would be a description of the offence: "Go to Eastern Europe. Kidnap your girl. Force her to have sex with 10 men a day for 365 days a year and…
by Derek Draper I am posting the latest news about this on my new personal blog because many of you said yesterday that you thought such a personal matter should not be part off this website, which should be kept for political discussion…
