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By Florence Nosegbe Getting elected at the age of 25 I did not perceive myself to be that young, but then reading up on the statistics and the fact that the average age of an elected councillor in England has increased from 55.4 years in…
By Olly Deed On the 15th April 1989, football changed forever. 96 people lost their lives on the terraces at Hillsborough; most probably the lowest point in English football. 20 years on the memories remain fresh in the minds of the…
Johnny Innes For a while now I've been getting the LunchtimeLists from this site. Although I hardly post comments, and have only posted one other blog here before, I enjoy reading all the great stuff on the site and appreciate the work…
One non-politician's take on the promise and the peril of social networking and politics. By Stephen Smith I've read a great deal recently about the way in which new technologies can be harnessed to provide new ways of communicating between…
By Just A. Punter UPDATE: 14:56 - Cabinet Office Minister Liam Byrne has just responded to this post. LabourList received this post in an email from a reader last week. The writer wishes to remain anonymous. I am a fairly mature person of…
By Helen Symons Earlier today, we sent an email saying 'well done' to the PM for his success at the G20 - securing a .1 trillion programme to get our economies going again, and also asking him to make sure securing and defending jobs is at…
By Tom Ogg As a teacher in north London for students who have been expelled from school, I'm pretty clear that few of my students really want to do more schooling after they finish their GCSEs. Modern apprenticeships are a much more…
By Johnny Innes Universities and colleges are a great place for social interaction. The traditional, albeit stereotypical, image of a student is the lefty/liberal type who begins to engage with politics. Whilst I can take comfort in the…
By Helen Symons People often scoff at politics. They say that politicians are just in it for themselves. That politics doesn't matter. That there's no point because no one listens any more. But it's not true. And I wanted to show you why…
By Terry Hipsey I wanted to write to you and introduce myself. I am Labour's newest Councillor, and until yesterday evening, I was the Conservative Leader of Thurrock Council. It is never easy to leave a political party that you have been a…
From LabourList However much David Cameron claims to have changed the Tory party his grassroots show they are the same old Tories - and are a far better indicator of what a Tory government would be like than his slick salesmanship. Just…
By Richard Lane LGBT Labour is today calling on supporters to lobby their MPs ahead of next Monday's crucial Commons vote on 'Clause 58' - a section of the Coroners and Justice Bill that will outlaw homophobic hate speech. The legislation…
