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Party democracy is important, so let’s fight for it

14/04/2014 By Max Shanly

Contrary to popular belief (and by popular belief, I mean the belief that prevails amongst the Shadow Cabinet and its apparatchiks) the Labour Party does not exist as a fan club for the Parliamentary faction. The Labour Party is an…

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We need to abolish the House of Lords

01/08/2013 By Max Shanly

The Peerage Act of 1963, passed fifty years ago this week, was the first democratic challenge to the power and traditions of the House of Lords in modern times. It gave hereditary peers the right to disclaim their titles, and for women…