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By Louisa Thomson, newly elected Labour councillor for Stoke Newington Central, Hackney. Thank you to everyone who saw the plug on LabourList to come out and help in the Stoke Newington Central by-election yesterday - with your support, and…
By Gary Kent Many talk about Iraq as just a short hand term for disaster but few talk about or with Iraqis. Many focus on the rights and wrongs of the intervention in 2003 but few engage with the actually existing Iraq. The country was…
By Mark Hanson A gem has just landed in my inbox! A new social networking site devoted to keeping supporters of Hillary Clinton in touch with each other has just launched in the US. NoLimits.org is headed by long-time senior Clinton aides…
By Adrian McMenamin I first did it in April 1982. In January 1983 I was actually detained by the police for doing it in a Bermondsey street. I still do it today, most recently in Seven Sisters in Haringey. My friend Joe thinks we should do…
From LabourList Today's speech from the Prime Minister to the New Local Government Network was an excellent one, particularly as it laid bare the differences between the government's approach to localism and that of the Conservatives. The…
By Dan McCurry They say that to make a great political speech you need a great opening line and a great end line; one to capture people's attention and the other to leave a lasting impression. Just imagine if we applied this idea to a…
From LabourList Labour today launched an online virtual phone bank - which will allow members to call voters from their own homes and enter the results of their calling directly into the phone bank online. Labour recognise that they have to…
By Stella Creasy Much as we wish otherwise, the pace of social change can be agonising slow. Consequently in the daily free for all of contemporary politics, it can be hard to talk about how different Britain is since 1997 without sounding…
By John Healey After a visit to Hammersmith and Fulham yesterday, I returned to my office and caught Theo Blackwell's post. He's absolutely right that Cameron and Co must be made to answer for the actions of his Conservative Councils. In…
By Philip Honour Voters in the Fenham area of Newcastle will today take part in the latest in a string of local council by-elections. Although the eventual winner will probably be a Labour or Liberal Democrat representative, it is likely…
By Kevin Cochrane As a former Chairman of a Labour Constituency I'm dismayed at the lack of fight that is currently being displayed by Cabinet members. The prospect of a Cameron Government in the current economic climate should be…
From Ken Clark Louisa Thomson is our candidate in the Stoke Newington council by-election in Hackney. Today is polling day, and it's looking really close between us and the Greens. If you are able to come along and help Louisa keep this…
