Two in five voters open to voting Labour at general election, poll reveals
More than two in five voters would consider backing Labour at a general election, polling shared exclusively with…
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The fight to defend the Human Rights Act is on
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NEC report – 25th March 2014
NEC meetings always start with remembering friends and colleagues who have passed away since our last meeting. The…
The Labour leadership are publicly backing a “radical” offer. So what are they waiting for?
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Even Tory voters think Cameron is out of touch
New polling shows that voters consider David Cameron to be the party leader most out of touch with…
Government of the people by the people
Abraham Lincoln gave us the Twitter-friendly definition of democracy in his Gettsyburg Address in 1863: “government of the…
