The ShortList – February 14th

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News and Opinion
This week, former Tory Matthew Dear joined the Labour Party — and tells us why on LabourList.

Labour’s London Assembly Members voted against Boris Johnson’s budget plans to cut the police force.

On Monday, Ed Miliband and Tessa Jowell hosted a seminar at Downing Street on how to put Labour’s mutualism plans into action.

It’s not right that our democracy should be held hostage to one person’s will: Alex Smith on why we need fixed term parliaments.

A big Labour supporter, Kieran Roberts finds it hard to overlook the government’s plans for Heathrow expansion.

The head Swedish schools inspector on why the Tories’ plans for our education system haven’t worked in Sweden.

State school alumni returning to give careers advice is the future for AIG in schools, writes Welsh AM Ann Jones.

James Purnell’s Open Left launches it first think paper — on Labour and inequality.

Last week, Ed Balls invited local authorities to bid for funds for more universal free school meals pilots.

Genuine regionalism could save the economy — and the Labour Party, writes Sam Bacon.

Paul Richards says David Cameron’s angry bullying shows the Tories at their policy-lite worst.

The would be comeback kids: who are the former MPs hoping to make a return in 2010?

Labour campaigns
This week, Labour and the Left stepped up its online campaigning, with:

A MumsNet ad highlighting the Tories plans to cut back on child tax credits…

An ad on the Attitude magazine website scrutinising David Cameron’s votes against gay adoption rights…

Direct combat with the Tories on the child tax credit row…

Vote NHS: A new website and campaign to highlight Labour’s bold new cancer guarantee…

A Twitter fightback against the Tories’ macabre and disingenuous attack ad…

The change we choose: watch Labour HQ’s latest video.

The launch of a campaign for a “Robin Hood” tax…

Unite explain their support for the “Robin Hood” tax…

But Sarah Hayward wishes they’d change the name…

Previous editions of the ShortList
Chris Grayling’s “misleading” crime stats — February 7th, 2010.

“Classic New Labour”: The Ed Balls interview — January 31st, 2010.

Where is George Osborne? — January 24th, 2010.

Causes to Fight For — January 17th, 2010.

Hoon-Hewitt gate — January 10th, 2010.

The Copenhagen climate summit — December 20th, 2009.

The PBR — December 16th, 2009

Brown comes out fighting in PQMs — December 6th, 2009.

The Chilcot Inquiry opens — 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 confused 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.