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• in Politics
  Why I Would Abolish the UK's National Minimum Wage
  As the Low Pay Commission announces a review, I explain why I would abolish the UK's national minimum wage
  by fcablog / on Oct 4, 2011
• in Politics
  Marching for an Alternative in London
  The real 'Big Society' came out to make a stand against the government's proposed cuts in London on March 26th.
  by martinrusso / on Apr 2, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “labour party”

 

• Why I agree with Peter Mandelson on globalization: the case of the EU-India Free Trade Agreement

  
  Though Cowards Flinch — Authority: 460
  Guest post by John McDonnell MP Yesterday, in a parliamentary debate on UK-India trade , I found myself in the somewhat unusual position of quoting Peter Mandelson approvingly.  Writing for the FT in advance of the major IPPR report on globalization (published today), Mandelson argues: [L]iberalisation of ...
  2 days ago

• Peter Hain on Ken Livingstone

  
  Though Cowards Flinch — Authority: 460
  I’ve written a review today of Peter Hain’s autobiography Outside In on the Left Foot Forward website (published yesterday), saying what a good read it was, and what an interesting person Hain is. I’ve also said that he is something of a conviction politician, which is good to see, and that clearly he was in ...
  4 days ago

• Voters DO want Miliband as Labour leader… but it’s Ed’s brother David who would lead party to victory

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 162
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk Voters DO want Miliband as Labour leader… but it’s Ed’s brother David who would lead party to victory With Ed leading the party a ComRes poll put Labour in line with the Conservatives, on 38 per cent. But with brother David in charge they surged ahead by three points. ...
  6 days ago

• Does Labour have a broader charisma problem?

  
  Liberal Conspiracy — Authority: 577
  contribution by Mark Thompson I was thinking the other day about the Labour Party and its recent history and I realised something that had not really occurred to me before. Despite having held power for almost half of the last 50 years, there are only two Labour PMs from that period who have actually won an ...
  6 days ago

• Obituary: Janey Buchan; Socialist, working class intellectual, cultural and political activist, local councillor, parliamentarian, and internationalist.

  
  ORGANIZED RAGE — Authority: 116
  The sad death of Janey Buchan at the age of 85 brought back a lot of good memories and provoked a few reflections on the current state of left-wing politics in Scotland and beyond, for Janey and her late husband Norman really did represent the best of a political tradition that has now almost expired. Theirs was ...
  1 week ago

• Angela Smith calls for rail improvements in the North

  
  Labour Matters — Authority: 117
  Labour MP and rail campaigner Angela Smith has today called for the government to fast track the full northern hub rail project. In a debate today in parliament Angela Smith, Member of Parliament for Penistone & Stocksbridge, called on the government to bring forward planned improvements to the north’s rail ...
  1 week ago

• Labour and unions campaign for dredging the port of Falmouth

  
  Labour Matters — Authority: 117
  Campaigners from both the GMB and Docks trade unions and the Falmouth Labour Party will be out on The Moor, Falmouth, on Saturday 28th January collecting electronic and written signatures in support of a deep dredge channel for the port. With banners from the trade union and local Labour Party and a stall the ...
  1 week ago

• Betts backs more daylight campaign for lighter evenings

  
  Labour Matters — Authority: 117
  Sheffield South East Labour MP, Clive Betts, is backing a Bill to get the Government to look at the benefits of moving the clocks forward by one hour throughout the year. The Daylight Saving Bill will receive its Third Reading in the House of Commons this Friday. The bill calls on the Government to conduct a ...
  1 week ago

• NZ on Air – “a prominent communication vehicle for the Labour Party”

  
  Whale Oil Beef Hooked | A blog by Cameron Slater — Authority: 137
  Clare Curran has had a crack at David Farrar in a blog post, worse she admits what many have long suspected, that NZ on Air funding is part of the apparatus of the Labour party . It certainly explains why Martyn Bradbury continues to recieve funding: His comments on Radio NZ this morning with regard to censoring ...
  1 week ago

• Paul Blomfield signs Holocaust Memorial Day Book of Commitment

  
  Labour Matters — Authority: 117
  Paul Blomfield MP has signed a Book of Commitment in the House of Commons, to pledge his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day, and to honour those who died during the Holocaust. Holocaust Memorial Day on Friday January 27th will be the 67th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi concentration ...
  1 week ago

• Progress on urgent investment for Port of Southampton

  
  Labour Matters — Authority: 117
  Today John Denham MP led a debate in Westminster Hall on the future of the Port of Southampton. Mr Denham presented the case for £150million of urgent investment to be unlocked for a major infrastructure project in Southampton. In order for the Port of Southampton to remain competitive with European and UK ...
  1 week ago

• Thanks Phil

  
  Whale Oil Beef Hooked | A blog by Cameron Slater — Authority: 137
  One of the legacies of Phil Goff is that some of his staff in what was formerly known as the Goffice are being axed . I blogged that this would be one of the consequences and now it is starting to bite. Labour only have Phil Goff to thanks for their suffering. I hope he gives each staff member who got given the ...
  1 week ago

• Darien breaks ranks

  
  Keeping Stock — Authority: 532
  David Shearer said yesterday that Labour was staying out of the Ports of Auckland/MUNZ dispute. Within a matter of hours, Darien Fenton had posted on Red Alert ; she blogged: There’s been some chatter around about Labour’s position on the Ports of Auckland dispute. At our core Labour believes that ...
  1 week ago

• British private schools that teach intelligent design as science will lose funding

  
  Wintery Knight — Authority: 562
  Jonathan M. explains what happened at Evolution News. Excerpt: The British  Guardian  newspaper  reports  on recent developments in UK governmental policy on teaching evolution in free schools (which, though state funded, are normally not required to follow the national curriculum): The Department for ...
  1 week ago

• Is he Spartacus?

  
  News Politics — Authority: 128
  Much amusement is evident in the Timess leader column today, poking fun at the language used by Len McCluskey in his letter to Ed Miliband, published in Mondays Guardian. It does deserve to be laughed at. If youre a fan of Private Eye, I defy you to read Mr McCluskeys words, and not expect to [...]
  1 week ago

• Labour on cuts – how more confusing can it get?

  
  PoliticalHook — Authority: 114
    I’m confused, so terribly confused… Regardless of whether you agree with the coalition’s budget cuts or not, at least you know what they are going to do and when. In other words, the coalition make a decision and stick to it. Not so with Labour. In only one week the Labour party have come [...]
  1 week ago

• Science and politics set to browbeat in Manchester during 2012

  
  Los Angeles Dentist Blog — Authority: 120
  Email a editor Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:”"; ...
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• Does the national party want your CLP office? Sort of…

  
  Latest Posts at LabourList.org — Authority: 617
  I’m sure many of you will have been as surprised as I was this morning to see a story on the front page of The Times (Britain’s paper of record) about the ownership of CLP offices. According to The Times: “Labour is forcing local parties to hand over their headquarters buildings, enabling it to shore up its ...
  1 week ago

• LABOUR: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

  
  SOCIALIST UNITY — Authority: 510
  It is a paradox that the coalition building skills necessary to be a successful party leader are often not the skills of persuasive and decisive determination necessary to be a successful prime minister. Sadly, it seems that Ed Miliband may not have the attributes to be succesful in either role. Miliband is certainly ...
  1 week ago

• IS BEING LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION THE WORST JOB IN BRITISH POLITICS?

  
  DYLAN JONES-EVANS — Authority: 405
  Daily Post column 16th January 2012 During last week, it may have dawned on Ed Miliband that being Leader of the Opposition is probably the worst job in British politics. At a time when the economy is struggling and the UK government is managing a massive reduction in public expenditure, his popularity should be ...
  1 week ago

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