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Sussex LRC at Brighton Festival

Richard Jones
12th May 2012 at 17:09
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An afternoon well spent in the company of three generations of socialists. Tony Benn, John Mcdonnell and Owen Jones. [continue/comment...]

Results in Adur Can Take Labour Forward

Richard Jones
11th May 2012 at 14:24
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As a candidate in the Southlands ward of Adur District Council, this is my brief observation of that election. [continue/comment...]

Save the NHS: defend pensions

Andrew Fisher
7th April 2012 at 11:19
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The fight to defend NHS pensions is the fight to defend the NHS. With the Health and Social Care Bill now passed through Parliament, campaigners are rightly re-focusing on campaigning to defend their local hospital, against cuts to A&E departments, maternity units and other specialist local treatment services. [continue/comment...]
Tags: bma (1) | gmb (3) | nhs (2) | pensions (2) | unison (2) | unite (3)

Make the most of it

Norrette
2nd April 2012 at 21:48
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Watching the late 90’s movie The Insider we can be forgiven for thinking how quaint it was, with its house brick cell phones, the moody Al Pacino, and the difficulty the media had in breaking an important story.  It was one of those whistle-blower films – only this time a true story – about Big Tobacco and how Lowell Bergman of CBS’s 60 minutes struggled to protect his insider from the cigarette company which was adding extra addictive chemistry to their fags.  But having overcome these problems he then found that the tobacco firm lawyers threatened CBS with a liquidating law suit if they put the program on.  So the story was neutered and the whistle-blower vilified in other media with spin and conjecture.  [continue/comment...]
Tags: home office (1) | privacy (1) | security (1)

Challenging New Labour

Michael Chewter
17th March 2012 at 10:13
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The New Labour succession has gone almost unnoticed. With John McDonnell effectively excluded from the leadership contest by the PLP, the election of Ed Miliband as some kind of nebulous compromise candidate was almost welcomed. Of course, everybody knew that he would have to work with the Blairite majority in the PLP and he had been a Brownite himself and they were right at the heart of New Labour themselves, weren’t they. Still, there was some slight hope of a new beginning. [continue/comment...]

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