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• Climate Camp and a Red/Green way forward

  
  Though Cowards Flinch — Authority: 519
  I was in London on Saturday, though not for the Climate change protest. Even had I known about said protest, I might have avoided it. A lot about the whole thing jangles my nerves; people wandering around with face paint; the embarrassingly well-coiffed old timers with twinset and pearls turning out with the NGOs ...
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• Shotton Steel Works 1980: Teesside Cast Products 2010

  
  John's Labour blog — Authority: 475
  The BBC headline is “1,700 jobs to go as Corus mothballs plant...Steelmaker Corus has confirmed it will curtail production at its Teesside Cast Products factory, putting 1,700 people out of work”. Although there has been many thousands of job losses already announced in the last year or so and I am currently ...
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• Saving labour

  
  Liberal Conspiracy — Authority: 679
  Tomorrow night, tireless leftie grafter John McDonnell speaks at a London meeting called to kick off a fightback against public sector union Unison’s vicious witchhunting of popular anti-Labour union activists . Yours truly will be in close attendance, as will everyone who thinks the future should include a ...
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• "We are no match for their untamed wit..."

  
  A Pint of Unionist Lite — Authority: 133
  The next Labour PPB?
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• Wear Gordon with pride.

  
  chimptron.com — Authority: 92
  Gordon doesn’t need our votes. He’s far too good for that kind of nonsense. Let the world know how great he is with this stylish t-shirt: Evil Gordon Brown T-Shirt SHAMELESSY BLATANT PRODUCT PLACEMENT DISCLAIMER - “Hey, we need to buy bananas somehow. Please support Chimptron by purchasing this lovely ...
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• Can Britain Actually Leave the New European Union?

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 607
  Contrary to what the ill-informed Tory and UKIP parties claim, leaving the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty constitution is as simple as giving notice to that body. The Tories and UKIP have quite falsely claimed that it is virtually impossible to leave the new EU superstate. For example, Tory MEP Daniel Hannan, ...
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• Labour to power up members?

  
  Peter Kenyon — Authority: 421
  In a podcast  released today, Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised "to harness the power of technology".  My heart leapt. Could this a sign that his long promised commitment to extending and renewing party democracy will be honoured? Could it be recognition that Labour Party renewal has to embrace members having ...
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• Lib Dems should answer for cancer services lost to Cornwall

  
  Labour Matters — Authority: 436
  Liberal Democrats - MPs and Councillors - should apologise to health campaigners for failing Cornwall over the move of specialist UGI cancer services out of county, says Labour’s Jude Robinson . It has been revealed that a letter from John Mills, Chair of Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust in 2008, alerted Lib Dems ...
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• Southampton MP honoured with renewable energy lifetime contribution award

  
  Labour Matters — Authority: 436
  Dr Alan Whitehead, Labour MP for Southampton Test, was honoured on Wednesday night by the renewable energy community with a Special Parliamentary Lifetime Contribution Award from the Parliamentary Renewable And Sustainable Energy Group (PRASEG). Dr Whitehead was presented with the surprise award by Energy Minister ...
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• It’s time for the Lib Dems to come clean on Waverley development

  
  Labour Matters — Authority: 436
  Clive Betts MP (Sheffield Attercliffe) today called on Rotherham Council to undertake a full and comprehensive consultation on its proposals for the Waverley link road, and Sheffield City Council to re-instate its commitment to refuse to sell playing fields and to stop all work with Rotherham MBC on the Waverley link ...
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• Bob Ainsworth - “Tony Blair lied to us"!”

  
  Cllr. Martyn Findley (BNP) — Authority: 128
  Tom Gower, British National Party official and Coventry North East prospective parliamentary candidate, extracted this shock statement of truth from Mr Ainsworth MP at a public meeting at Aldermoor Farm Primary School in Coventry last night: - Tony Blair Lied Over Iraq, says Labour’s Defence Minister Bob ...
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• Irish lawmakers open debate on gay rights bill

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  (Dublin) Ireland’s lawmakers opened debate Thursday on a bill to grant marriage-style rights to gay couples, a social milestone in a country long observant of Roman Catholic opposition to homosexuality. Justice Minister Dermot Ahern said the bill would give gay couples the same rights as married heterosexual ...
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• Osborne’s plans would hit millions of families on modest incomes

  
  Labour Matters — Authority: 436
  Parliamentary Answers laid in the House yesterday reveal cost of Tory tax credit plans. Parliamentary Answers laid in the House of Commons today have revealed George Osborne’s tax credit plans would hit millions of families on modest incomes. The Conservatives have claimed they would save £400 million a year ...
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• Cracks in the coalition

  
  Borthlas — Authority: 123
  No, not that coalition! Carmarthenshire County Council is looking to save money, and came up with the wheeze of closing a number of the councils residential homes. To no-ones great surprise (except, apparently, the administration at County Hall), this proposal did not exactly receive a universal welcome from the ...
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• Harrow’s Arts and Leisure services to be outsourced?

  
  Labour Matters — Authority: 436
  Arising from a Cabinet question asked by Harrow Labour’s Councillor Bill Stephenson, it is clear that the Conservative controlled administration is seriously considering outsourcing many of the Borough’s arts and leisure facilities. Currently the Council out sources some of its sport facilities to Leisure ...
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• Are Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council to join with Rugby council to share a Chief Executive?

  
  Cllr. Martyn Findley (BNP) — Authority: 128
  I most sincerely hope not! The calculation with regards the salary implications looks easy enough.  Hmmm, a nice fat saving.  Look a little deeper though and ask yourself why a borough has a Chief executive in the first place. Please take my word for it that when I have been in to see the Chief Exec on ...
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• Tony Blair Lied Over Iraq, says Labour’s Defence Minister Bob Ainsworth

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 607
  Tony Blair lied over the reasons for the Iraq War, Labour Party Defence Minister Bob Ainsworth told a public meeting at Aldermoor Farm Primary School in Coventry last night. Mr Ainsworth made the startling confession after being confronted at the meeting by BNP official and Coventry North East parliamentary ...
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• Harrow residents face savage cuts for Christmas

  
  Labour Matters — Authority: 436
  Behind the scenes the Conservative controlled administration in Harrow is preparing a Christmas present of savage cuts in the services provided to Harrow residents. Already £49 million has been cut from controllable expenditure, leaving only £181 million. It is proposed to cut a further £10 million from this ...
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• Labour AM celebrates International Day of Disabled People

  
  Labour Matters — Authority: 436
  Ann Jones AM yesterday marked the International Day of Disabled People by calling on the Government to place the well-being of disabled people at the forefront of its policymaking. Ahead of next week’s conference on the ‘Future of Disability Politics in Wales’ the Equality of Opportunity Committee Chair has ...
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• Gareth Thomas MP urges carers to “care for their incomes and pensions”

  
  Labour Matters — Authority: 436
  Harrow West MP Gareth Thomas has added his support to Carers UK’s national carers’ rights campaign today. There are over six million unpaid carers in the UK who provide care and support to family, friends and neighbours, providing unpaid care worth an estimated £87 billion each year. The Carers Rights Day ...
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