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By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Throughout the day, I'll be reporting snippets from the doorstep in Norwich North, and trying to get a sense of what's happening in today's by-election. 10:30pm: Sue Whittaker, former group leader for Labour…
Tony Wright is the Labour MP for Cannock Chase and is currently heading up the Commission on Parliamentary Reform. He met Alex Smith in his office at Portcullis House on Wednesday, 15th July, 2009. You're heading up the commission for…
From @LabourList The BBC is reporting that Chris Ostrowski, Labour's candidate for Thursday's Norwich North by-election, has been taken to hospital for treatment of suspected Swine Flu. A scheduled visit by Lord Mandelson was cancelled…
From @LabourList / @OpenLeftProject From 11am this morning, James Purnell will be joining us for a Live webchat. He'll be talking about his new project, Open Left, which launched last night with a debate with Jon Cruddas, Will Hutton, Jess…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Launching tonight at the Commonwealth Club in London, Open Left is Demos' new three-year study designed to rediscover the Left's idealism, pluralism and appetite for radical ideas. It starts by asking an…
From @LabourList This is the first LabourList ShortList, bringing you a weekly digest of the best content on the site over the last week and keeping you up to date with some of the current thinking in the Labour movement: The Ken…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Total Politics are this afternoon launching their poll to find out which are the nation's favourite political blogs. In the past, the results have been skewed to the right, largely because of the early…
From @LabourList Here is the text of an email sent by Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband to Labour party members today, with details on the agreements reached at last week's G8, and the plans looking ahead to Copenhagen in December: -- It…
Ken Livingstone is the former Mayor of London. He was previously leader of the Greater London Council, Labour MP for Brent East and a councillor in Lambeth. He met Alex Smith at his home in London on Tuesday, 14th July, 2009. It's been 14…
By Shamik Das John Healey today became the most senior government minister to criticise the secret Tory plans for widescale cuts in social housing. 3,500 homes are set to be demolished by Tory-run Hammersmith and Fulham council under leader…
Full Name: James Martin Alexander Age: 27 From: Born in Hammersmith, West London in 1982. Lived in York since 2001. PPC for: York Outer Website: www.time-4-change.org.uk Selection Result: I genuinely don't know what the figures were. I was…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 In a new poll for the Guardian, published today, a majority of voters have for the first time said they want Britain's nuclear arsenal to be scrapped entirely. 54% of respondents said the Government should…
