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I’m a Labour Councillor and so’s my Mom*

By Grace Fletcher-Hackwood

By Grace Fletcher-Hackwood / @msgracefh At around 11am on Friday, someone on Twitter commented that "I'm a Labour councillor" appeared to be the new "I am Spartacus". With over 800 new Labour councillors elected overnight, it was beginning…

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A dark day for Scottish Labour

By Johanna Baxter

By Johanna Baxter / @johannabaxter This is a dark day indeed for the Scottish Labour Party. Those of us who have spent the last weeks and months fighting for the party in the recent elections are in pain - literally from 10+ hours on the…

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Local Triumph

By Sue Marsh

Diary of a Benefit Scrounger By Sue Marsh What a couple of days. As some of you will know, I was standing for the local council elections. When I say I live in True-Blue Toryville, I'm not sure many of you appreciate just what I mean. There…

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Ed’s inbox – May 4th

By Mark Ferguson

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he'd read these ones... The madness of Ken's attack on Obama - Left Foot Forward By Shamik Das Labour's candidate for London Mayor Ken Livingstone…

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Ed’s inbox – May 3rd

By Mark Ferguson

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he'd read these ones... Jacob Rees-Mogg: you would be "bonkers" to vote for me - Political Scrapbook By Political Scrapbook Tory toff Jacob Rees-Mogg…

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Ed’s inbox – April 29th

By Mark Ferguson

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he'd read these ones... We needn't be royal wedding party poopers just because we're leftwing - Comment is Free By Dan Hodges The royal wedding is…

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Ed’s inbox – April 25th

By Mark Ferguson

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he'd read these ones... Grassroots Warrior - Diary of a Benefit Scrounger By Sue Marsh Now, before spoonies and sickies rush to tell me of, I have…

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Promiscuity or fairness: The AV question

By Sonny Leong

By Sonny Leong What's the definition of promiscuity? One more partner than you've ever had. If recent reports of the Liberal Democrats seeking exploratory talks with Labour - after having consummated a relationship with the Conservatives…

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Ed’s inbox – April 19th

By Mark Ferguson

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he'd read these ones... Cameron's "No to AV" campaign in xenophobic attack on Pacific Islanders - Political Scrapbook By Political Scrapbook…

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If you’re good enough, you’re old enough

By Sarah Hayward

By Sarah Hayward / @sarah_hayward At what age do you become politically useful or experienced enough to make a valuable, or indeed valid, contribution? Yesterday Anne Milton, junior health ministers, speculated that 45 was an age at which…

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