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From LabourList Boris Johnson today announced that London's anti-racist festival Rise, which brought 100,000 Londoners together each year to celebrate music from around the world, is to be scrapped. He cited a lack of union sponsorship for…
Issue No. 61 - Monday, 6th April, 2009 Tory poster boy Hannan calls the NHS "a Socialist conspiracy, a terrible mistake" COMMENT OF THE DAY: "Let's not forget that under the Conservatives, we'll all be ok so long as we have the odd million…
From LabourList UPDATE on THE TORIES AND FOX HUNTING: A senior Conservative source now has said, in the Evening Standard, "We are as amazed as anyone else to hear that Edward Garnier is pushing this around the country. David's position is…
Issue No. 60 - Friday. 3rd April, 2009 A new progressive era for the world COMMENT OF THE WEEK: "There is no doubt that if you were to attempt to classify any member of my family, we would fall firmly within the working class. Does this…
From LabourList Many will have noticed George Osborne's comments this morning on Today, later reproduced in the Evening Standard. Given David Cameron's commitment as quoted in the Daily Mail on March 31st, "that he would not accept any…
From LabourList Labour's Health Secretary Alan Johnson has responded to David Cameron's silence on Daniel Hannan's outburst on Fox News over the weekend, in which the Conservative MEP said that the NHS is "Socialist postwar conspiracy, a…
From LabourList Progress Online have today published a series of articles looking ahead to Alistair Darling's budget, which will be announced on April 22. The series includes the following: Peter Hain - Labour's budget must be bold: More…
A new progressive era for the world Here's our aggregation of the week's highlights from the LunchtimeList, our daily email which is one of the most valuable tools we provide readers. Keep a special eye out for each day's best comment and…
From LabourList This is the latest message from the Hope not Hate campaign, which does excellent work in fighting the BNP up and down the country. -- Earlier this week we launched a petition condemning the BNP's billboard campaign to whip…
From LabourList Below is the Leaders' Statement from the London Summit. Does this usher in, as the Prime Minister said, "a new world order, a new progressive order, giving emerging markets and developing countries a greater voice"? What do…
From LabourList The PM has just sent out this inspiring message to Labour party members. If you haven't received yours, make sure the Labour party has your email address by clicking here so that you receive messages like this in the future…
From LabourList Since Barack Obama's landslide election victory, the Tories have been trying to hide the fact that their candidate lost and the people of America totally rejected the brand of conservatism shared by John McCain's Republicans…
