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#MobMonday has developed a life of its own

By Kevin Peel

By Grace Fletcher-Hackwood and Kevin Peel Our second #mobmonday this week for @stellacreasy in Walthamstow built on the success of the first, with more than 350 calls made by a dozen activists across the country. However what we also…

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Why I’m standing for Labour

By Amanjit Jhund

By Amanjit Jhund / @amanjit My campaign as the Windsor Labour Party's Prospective Parliamentary Candidate began on Friday, and it seemed like a good time to reflect on what has brought me to this place in my life. I am actually a relative…

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Labour Tweeters of the world unite for #mobmonday

By Kevin Peel

By Grace Fletcher-Hackwood and Kevin Peel Today we're launching a new online initiative which will allow activists from across the country to come together and provide much needed help to our campaign efforts in key marginal constituencies…

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Labour Tweeters of the world unite for #mobmonday

By Grace Fletcher-Hackwood

By Grace Fletcher-Hackwood and Kevin Peel Today we're launching a new online initiative which will allow activists from across the country to come together and provide much needed help to our campaign efforts in key marginal constituencies…

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A radical manifesto – want to have a say?

By Peter Kenyon

By Peter Kenyon Save the Labour Party (STLP) has been pressing for members to have a say in Labour Party policy-making ever since a LabOUR Commission/YouGov poll in 2006 showed over 90% of respondents expected to have a voice. With reports…

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Make Barking your new year’s resolution

By Darren Rodwell

By Darren Rodwell When Barking Labour Party kicked off its campaigning effort against the BNP three years ago, we made a commitment that we would be out every single Saturday. Last weekend it was freezing cold, most roads resembled an ice…

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To grit or not to grit…?

By Ricki Lake

By Ricki Lake Over the last few weeks of snow, with our pavements frozen or covered in slush, I've often wondered how our councils justify where they choose to grit and where they don't. Recently, I went to the bank on the edge of a council…

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Barking’s Day of Action: an outsider’s view

By Thomas Fairfax

By Thomas Fairfax First off, thanks for the warm welcome from everybody I met at Wood Lane on Saturday. It was a good experience and I feel the need to share what I felt was an uplifting experience. As somebody who is not a Labour Party…

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