Will the Lib Dems save legal aid?
By Claire Spencer / @thedancingflea At their annual conference this week, the Liberal Democrats moved to condemn the…
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Imposition of Tory mayor will cast a shadow over Birmingham
By Claire Spencer / @thedancingflea In the latest in a series of rather befuddling decisions, it is now…
Lashing out: the death throes of Birmingham’s coalition
By Claire Spencer / @thedancingflea The Labour Party had a very good night in Birmingham on Thursday. They…
With no plan for growth, there is only decline
By Claire Spencer / @thedancingflea In what was arguably most unwelcome surprise of 2011, it was revealed today…
The PLP may be angry, but Harman was right on Woolas
By Claire Spencer / @thedancingflea Loud whispers have been emerging from last night’s meeting of the Parliamentary Labour…
Food waste: don’t let the supermarkets waste on our behalf
By Claire Spencer / @thedancingflea Summits like Copenhagen can be frustrating because, by necessity, they place all the…
How Labour’s Volunteer Task Force is empowering people in the Midlands
By Claire Spencer / @thedancingflea While 20,000 individuals stood together in London for The Wave, a group of…
