Tag: labour-party
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Today was a family day, but I still managed to catch most of the key moments of the 1997 General Election results on BBC Parliament. I was having problem with our set top box but I just managed to tune in in time for David Mellor. It was weird watching it – on the night…
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I realise I’m coming to this very late, but I’ve been busy. My first reaction when I heard that Labour had been allegedly caught out fixing postal votes in the Gipton and Harehills Ward in Leeds was “Harehills? Again?”. I’m amazed they’ve apparently been caught out doing this in a ward where their political rivals…
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Via the Fluffy One, we learn about a book by a wannabe leader that rather shows up Gordon Brown’s efforts: Something that Mr James did not mention was the PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING book by a Mr Senator John F Kennedy: “PROFILES IN COURAGE”. What an UNFORTUNATE coincidence! Written in 1956, four years before he would become…
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Following on from my post about Brown’s new book, Catherine Bennett echoes a lot of my own sentiments – and adds a few of her own – in the Guardian today.
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Iain Dale wounded me last night by implying that I spend too much time taking the piss out of him and seldom point out where we agree. Well, when it comes to things like Lords Reform, I tend to keep blog posts to a minimum on areas which are to do with my day job…