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By Jonathan Slater As a Labour PPC standing in a constituency in which the British Army reside, I have become acutely aware of many of the concerns of our army personnel and their families. As such, I felt it important to address the…
By David Taylor / @LabourCID Labour has transformed the lives of many people in the last decade, and nowhere has the impact of a Labour Government been more acutely felt than in international development. For many of us, eradicating poverty…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: Co-signatories now up to 205. This afternoon, LabourList is responding to the attempt to re-open the divisive leadership issue by publishing a statement, which has already been signed by ten active…
Full name: Paul Smith Age: 45 From: Bristol PPC for: Bristol West Website: paulsmith4bristolwest.org.uk Blog: bristolwestpaul.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @bristolwestpaul Selection Result: 51% on the first round Member of the Labour Party…
By Margaret Hodge MP I wanted to remind you about our Beat the BNP Day of Action this Saturday, 9th January. We will be meeting at Becontree tube station (on the District Line) at 10am and then we will be going out door knocking and…
By Tim Nicholls / @tim_nicholls Blog reviews of the decade seem in vogue this week and those I have read, including Julian Ware-Lane's on this site, have got me thinking. This is the decade in which I have come of age politically, but it's…
By Ricki Lake It's Christmas and the snow is falling. As we sit round the table and tuck into our Christmas dinner, our family is around us and warmth and joy is spread. But there are many that are not so lucky: the people on their friends'…
By Margaret Hodge MP Dear Friends, On Saturday 5th December, Barking Labour Party and I held a day of action as part of our campaign to expel the BNP from the borough. We had a really good turnout and I am particularly grateful to those…
By Claudia Beamish As a long-time member and ex-Chair of the Socialist Environment Resources Association (SERA) Scotland, who helped set the first renewable energy targets for Scotland, I know we took even ourselves by surprise when we…
By Claire Spencer / @thedancingflea While 20,000 individuals stood together in London for The Wave, a group of about 30 local people - Labour supporters, an MP and a Lord - had a rather less high-profile gathering inside a cosy scout hut in…
By Darren Rodwell A rare relaxing Sunday with my family was rudely interrupted three weeks ago by the news that Nick Griffin would be contesting Margaret Hodge's Barking seat at the next general election. But despite the initial shock that…
By Alan Rhodes Some weeks ago at our full council meeting, just hours after the proposed Tory budget for Nottinghamshire had been leaked, I described their plans for Nottinghamshire as "kicking the vulnerable" and nothing that has been…
