The boys over at BUCF have very kindly asked for our verdict on the premiership of Gordon Brown one year on. I will not deny this is a very challenging time being a Labour member and supporter. I remember watching the Leadership Conference being held in Manchester and at that time there was hope and [...]
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Interesting article by John Harris today in the Guardian, available here, on Compass and the future of the Labour Party.
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Just picked up the latest offerings of the Tory Party HQ research team via Iain Dale in what would potentially be at home on Recess Monkey. Apparently an MP called John McConnell is running a stalking horse campaign and Jon Cruddas is the one to unite the party.
Firstly Iain it’s John McDonnell and he has already stated [...]
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Yes say Compass.
No says Luke.
You decide.
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… says Chuka Umunna is a post on the Compass website.
The good ship Labour can sail again.
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I enjoyed this comment on Unions Future originally from John McDonnell.
The politics they (young people) want to pursue aren’t the boring and nauseatingly obvious public relations exercises rolled out by the Brown machine or the self serving academicised sophistry of Compass.
Nothing like a bit of solidarity on the left!
I would also like to give our comrades in the SYN [...]
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Read some of the interview here
It’s interesting because Cruddas signals his desire to not become a Labour personality and actually claims:
I’m not particularly interested in the House of Commons. Actually I was never interested in being an MP. What interests me are the issues.
Probably a bit OTT. However, for the anti-BNP campaigning he does deserve [...]
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Not covered at the time was the selection of Chuka Umunna and Lilian Greenwood in Streatham and Nottingham South respectively.
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What do people think of this?
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