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By Robert Peaty If we were to poll Labour members on who they thought Britain's greatest Prime Minister was, I imagine about 90% of us would respond with Tony Blair. The other 10% would probably opt for Clement Attlee. No one would opt for…
By Robert Peaty On 5th May the country will be going to the polls. Scotland will be voting for their parliament. Wales and Northern Ireland will be electing their assemblies and England their local councils. In addition, the entire nation…
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By Robert Peaty At the moment, I am eagerly awaiting my ballot paper so I can vote in the Labour leadership election. Or should I say ballot papers. I get two votes; one through my membership of the Labour Party, another through my…
By Robert Peaty Let's be honest. There is a housing crisis. 5 million people are on the waiting list for a council house. That's one in 12 people in this country living in inadequate housing, which is frankly disgraceful. In an attempt to…
By Robert Peaty The Conservatives may not have won the election, but Labour certainly lost it. Labour's vote tally was 8.6 million. Just 200,000 more than Labour got with Michael Foot as leader in 1983. Most shocking of all, as David…
By Robert Peaty Remember back to October last year. As one of his first acts as Home Secretary Alan Johnson fires government drug advisor David Nutt. His crime was disagreeing with government drug policy. He suggested it was hypocritical to…
