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Ed’s inbox – April 26th

By Mark Ferguson

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he'd read these ones... A snap election is no longer unthinkable - but it won't happen - Labour Uncut By Sunder Katwala An election this year is no…

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Ed’s inbox – April 22nd

By Mark Ferguson

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he'd read these ones... The real Labour lie on immigration - Labour Uncut By Atul Hatwal David Cameron's speech on immigration last week sparked a…

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Fear: An apology

By Emma Burnell

By Emma Burnell / @scarletstand I talk a lot in this column and on my blog Scarlet Standard about the fear I find among the more die hard New Labourites in the party. The fear, driven into the souls of a generation of party modernisers by…

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Ed’s inbox – April 18th

By Mark Ferguson

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he'd read these ones... Tory MP "too busy" to answer emails buys £750 iPad on expenses - Political Scrapbook By Political Scrapbook A Tory MP whose…

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Ed’s inbox – April 7th

By Mark Ferguson

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he'd read these ones... Labour party general secretary: some tips for hopeful applicants - Labour Uncut By Peter Watt Last week the party finally…

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A good week for the Labour Party

By Paul Richards

The Paul Richards column The next few weeks are dominated, not only by weddings (Wills & Kate, Ed & Justine) but also by anniversaries. This week was the first anniversary of the general election being called. That means, of course, that…

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Ed’s inbox – April 5th

By Mark Ferguson

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he'd read these ones... Why don't we try to find out why we lost? - Labour Uncut By Dan Hodges We're off. Boots on the ground, leaflets through the…

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Nothing heroic

By Paul Richards

The Paul Richards column It is exactly 21 years to the day since around 200,000 demonstrators marched from Kennington to Trafalgar Square to protest against the introduction of the poll tax. A smaller breakaway group took direct action…

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Ed’s inbox – March 30th

By Mark Ferguson

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he'd read these ones... I plough a lonely furrow - Scarlet Standard By Emma Burnell The problem with being a reasonable moderate is that everyone…

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The Monarchy: Labour’s last taboo

By Paul Richards

The Paul Richards column I spent yesterday evening in the company of Republic, the campaigners for a republican constitution. I was addressing the issue of Labour and the monarchy, in the upstairs room of a pub in Bloomsbury. I am old…

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