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By Richard Corbett It is probably fair to say that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is an institution not used to hitting the headlines. However, its recent judgments in the Viking, Laval and Rüffert cases, have understandably given rise…
By Dan McCurry A billion dollars has been spent by the west on overseas development aid; mostly it has been squandered. But just at the point where the west was questioning any further wasted investment, new ideas have been springing up in…
By Glenis Willmott From my perspective as Labour's third woman Leader in the European Parliament, following in the footsteps of the legendary Barbara Castle, International Women's Day should be about looking back on what Britain's…
From LabourList 10pm - NEW UPDATE: Many thanks to Michael Haddon, who used Wordle to put this excellent wordcloud together for us. Click on the image to enlarge. Read the full transcript of the speech here. William Hague on the PM: "Fine…
By David Lammy Here's a scary statistic: the BNP's website gets more traffic than any other political website in the UK. In fact, it attracts more than half of all internet traffic to political party sites, according to the online…
By James Mills Last week saw the thirtieth anniversary of the Iranian revolution and this week sees the start of an exhibition at the British Museum on Shah Abbas I of Iran. The latter has only been possible due to the cooperation of the…
By Andy Slaughter UPDATE: Friday 20th February: Tel Aviv - 12:28 pm, Fri 20th Feb 2009 Last night we had dinner with Jocelyn Hurndall. Jocelyn's son Tom was deliberately shot by an Israeli sniper while protecting children in Gaza in 2003…
By Joe Powell It is tempting to think that in times of recession Labour's commitment to international development should be downplayed. Focus is rightly on securing domestic jobs, ensuring people stay in their homes and providing help to…
By Douglas Alexander Until the credit crunch, there was something of a consensus in Britain that it was the politics of identity - not the arithmetic of economics - that would increasingly provide the crucible for public debate. Global…
By Mark Hanson If I had a pound for everyone who's spoken to me about the success enjoyed by the Obama campaign online I'd be a rich man! (How many Brits have you met claiming to have been 'involved' in the Obama campaign?) The message of…
By Glenis Willmott The European Elections on the 4th June will be a crucial national election for Labour as well as for Britain. For Labour people the values that we work on at local and national level are impossible to achieve without…
By Tom Miller Nationalisation of the commanding heights, nuclear disarmament... though I suspect it might not meet his total approval, Michael Foot must be somewhat pleased at some of the post-Blair developments in Labour's thinking…
