Sadiq Khan has been through the parliamentary wringer recently, fighting off Tory proposals on sentencing and legal aid. But I wanted to look beyond the contemporary issues and look more closely at the real issue – who is Sadiq Khan? For a start he’s someone who tends to spend Fridays in his constituency office in Tooting. It’s just round the corner from Tooting Bec station. You can’t miss it. Except somehow I did. After ten minutes of exploring Tooting, I [...]
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Fabians announce New Year conference
The Fabian Society has announced details of their annual new year conference, as well as unveiling their keynote speaker – Ed Balls. Outside of the party conference season, the Fabian Annual Conference is the biggest political conference of the...
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Shadow cabinet rankings – October 2011
After introducing our shadow cabinet rankings at conference, we’ve decided to continue posting them each month to show which members of the shadow cabinet are most popular with party members. There’s also an extra element of interest this...
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Unions respond to government’s pension offer
The Public Sector Liaison Group (PSLG) have released the following statement in response to proposals made by the government to the TUC negotiating team on public sector pensions: “At the meeting earlier today (2 November), Danny Alexander and Francis...
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How to make council selections better
The Labour Party isn’t particularly good at letting members know about consultations, so you may not be aware that the Labour Party is currently consulting on ways to improve the local government selection process. I recently submitted my own personal...
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In defence of the Union rep
The end-of-day adjournment debate in the Commons is normally a calm half hour in an empty Chamber, confined to the MP who raises their chosen topic and the Minister who responds. The other day was different. More than two dozen 2010 Tories baying behind...
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Even Cameron knows that the Eds are right now
Today’s PMQs was a poor Punch & Judy show but an excellent window into the strategic debate that will dominate British politics between now and the election, because, as ever, “it’s the economy, stupid.” We gained two critical...
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