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The hip new Conservatives?

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList The New Young Conservatives by DontPanicOnline UPDATE: The video has now been removed from YouTube due to a complaint from ConservativeFuture. They claim a copyright infringement, but Don't Panic Media - who made the film…

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Tony Blair’s interview with Vanity Fair

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList Former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair has given an in-depth interview to the editor of Vanity Fair, Graydon Carter. You can watch the interview below in snippets of 10 minutes, or back to back over an hour:

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Our amicable new speaker

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList Two nights ago, Alex Smith fretted that John Bercow would be an "average Speaker for an average House" and that his election would "do little to reassure the country that our politics and our democracy are alive". It seems…

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Brown and Blair will be questioned publicly

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList The head of the Iraq inquiry, Sir John Chilcot, has apparently ruled that all witnesses to the Iraq inquiry will be required to give their statements in public, including the highest ranking officials such as Tony Blair and…

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That stirring

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList In last week's LabourList editorial There is only dialogue we said events such as those recently hosted by Compass and Tribune are bringing a new Hope that the Labour movement could be waking from slumber. LabourList has…

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Order, order? UPDATE: All ten candidates make the vote

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList Watch the speaker candidates' speeches live here >> UPDATE: All ten candidates have secured enough nominations to make it through to the vote. Hustings speeches will begin at 2.30pm, and the secret ballot will take place…

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Tory twists and turns on knocking down housing

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From @LabourList UPDATE: Stephen Cowan has responded to your comments below: In this video, the Tory Leader of Hammersmith and Fulham Council Stephen Greenhalgh - who David Cameron recently appointed head of the Conservative Party Local…

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Speaker nominations via PoliticsHome

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList PoliticsHome have alerted us to their post which is keeping a running tally of each Speaker candidate's nominations so far. They'll be updating them over the weekend, so stay posted by clicking here, but here's what they…

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It’s a fabulous system, isn’t it?

By Anand Menon

From @LabourList LabourList reader Gavin Trait has sent us this video, which highlights the hypocrisy of Alan Duncan's expense claims and apology. The MP for Rutland and Melton claimed thousands of pounds for gardening work on his home. In…

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There is only dialogue

By Anand Menon

@LabourList Editorial After a tough month or so for Labour, there are signs that the party is hunkering up, dusting down and preparing once again to fight the good fight. It's not coming from the Party leader, who continues to hide away in…

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