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By Jack Scott It has been a year since I fought Nick Clegg in Sheffield Hallam. The last 12 months have seen an unprecedented focus on Sheffield's politics. Sheffield is a unique city. An early Labour authority, it built over 50,000 council…
By Jack Scott / @Jack_Scott I want to start this post with a confession sure to rile most (if not all): I actually quite like Charles Clarke. He is a good communicator and an able strategist who played a key role in modernising the Labour…
By Jack Scott / @Jack_Scott On Saturday, the Sheffield Conservatives picked their candidates for the General Election (from 5 men and one woman). The results show just how much further the Conservatives have got to go. Sheffield is the…
By Jack Scott I have two daughters - aged 23 months and 6 months. They are very sweet together and love being read to. Their favourite book is the Gruffalo. For those of you not lucky enough to encounter this book on a twice-daily basis, I…
By Jack Scott / @Jack_Scott Next week, the minimum wage will rise to £5.80. Since it was first introduced in the teeth of Conservative opposition, the minimum wage has risen by 81.25%, far outstripping a decade of low inflation. Does anyone…
