The ShortList – December 20th

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Catch up with the highlights on LabourList over the last week with the ShortList…

First, check out our full length interview with Tessa Jowell on mutualism, an idea she terms “the next stage of New Labour”.

This week’s PPC Profile features St Ives’ Philippa Latimer.

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News
A messy compromise won’t do at Copenhagen, said Emily Thornberry.

But a messy compromise is what we got, writes Alex Smith.

Video: Silvio Berlusconi was attacked last weekend in Milan.

David Cameron’s energy pools: the devil’s in the detail, wrote Chris Cook.

Video: Lord Munckton last week called climate activists “Hitler Youth”.

New evidence emerged this week of an Iranian nuke: Luke Bozier asks “will the west get tough now?

And the BBC asked “should homosexuals be executed?” Paul Richards is disgusted.

Party, Policy and People
Jessica Asato says this is Labour’s “mutual moment”.

Charles Clarke on the political fallout from the PBR – and where Labour should go next.

And Jessica Asato says Labour should apologise for letting people down on 3 key things – before the election.

White, British, poor and underachieving at school: Oli De Botton asks why.

Opinion
A march election would be the wrong move for two important reasons, says Alex Smith.

Dr Jhund says we need to focus more on educating about the health dangers of alcohol.

We failed then, as now: Anthony Painter looks at the Fog of War, and Bob MacNamara’s lessons for Tony Blair.

John Prescott’s Copenhagen Vlog Diary

Previous editions of the ShortList
The PBR – December 16th, 2009

Brown comes out fighting – December 6th, 2009.

The Chilcot Inquiry – November 29th, 2009.

The Queen’s Speech – November 22nd, 2009.

Glasgow North East by-election – November 14th, 2009

Blair and Miliband to Europe? – November 8th, 2009.

Europe and the Primary debate – November 1st, 2009

Griffin on Question Time – October 25th, 2009

Tory numbers – October 17th, 2009

Conseravtive conference – October 10, 2009.

Labour conference – October 3rd, 2009.

A Britain where everyone has a stake and a say – September 5th, 2009.

Teddy Kennedy: a good and decent man – August 29th, 2009.

Election strategy – August 22nd, 2009.

We Love the NHS – August 15th, 2009.

Green shoots are not enough – August 8th, 2009.

Debating ConservativeHome – August 1st, 2009.

Cruddas and Purnell – July 23rd, 2009.

The Ken Livingstone interview – July 18th, 2009.