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Jeez, the man is desperate
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Jeez, the man is desperate

By John Spellar

When Bob Hawke was fighting his first General Election in Australia, the then Conservative Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser claimed that if Labor was elected voters would have to "keep their money under the bed". Hawke's caustic response was…

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Practical ways to get more young people registered to vote

By John Spellar

Recently, there has been a lot of comment about the drop in the number of people registered to vote. But instead of just talking about it, I suspect most colleagues are looking for are practical suggestions as to how this can be remedied…

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David Cameron’s Conservatives are running scared of UKIP

By John Spellar

UKIP will spend their Conference this weekend trying to pose as a mainstream political party with mass appeal. As well as hearing from Nigel Farage, their leader, there’ll no doubt be an appearance from Godfrey Bloom, their resident cartoon…

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Voters in London have a big responsibility

By John Spellar

On the first morning back at work in the New Year Ken Livingstone and I were out with a host of party members leafleting commuters coming off the trains at London Bridge. They were fed up with the shocking fare increases and the…

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