Category Archives: Labour

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Proud of Labour. Er …. sort of…

08Jun09 – 09:03

One thread that keeps popping up in the context of Labour's trashing last night is the disappointment a lot of Labour's voters feel with the party.
There is no question that Labour MPs - while not being alone in the petty (and sometimes, not-so-petty) chiselling that has gone on, are taking a disproportionately high share of [...]

By Paul Evans | Tagged , | Comments (0)

‘Time for the ship to leave the sinking rats’

08Jun09 – 08:30

If the Expenses crap has taught us anything, it is that the public take a simple and correct view, Duty comes before Personal Gain. Clearly it has taught some people nothing.
The political world is full of personality and that is by no means always a bad thing. But when it spills over as it has [...]

By Cllr Tim Cheetham | Tagged | Comments (0)

Are they our fault too ?

07Jun09 – 20:07

I've long harboured the belief that the third way was a dangerous ideological course. Like many very sensible ideas, it is, in practice, flawed.
The current state of politics seems to bear that out.
Some time ago, for reasons that were misguided, campaigning became a science.
We all became obsessed with 'turning out our vote', profiling the electors, [...]

By Cllr Tim Cheetham | Also posted in Democracy, Left renewal | Tagged , | Comments (1)

Join the debate on Debategraph

07Jun09 – 13:08

It'll take you about ten minutes to get your head around this one - well worth a try:

By Paul Evans | Tagged | Comments (5)

To sign or not to sign

27May09 – 00:59

That is the question I have been asking myself this week.  I am referring, of course, to the ethics pledge that many Labour PPCs have been signing - over 130 so far.  Being a Labour PPC in a safe Tory seat, I wasn't expecting to have any significant decisions to make but everything is a [...]

By Andrew Skudder | Also posted in Democracy, Moral panics, Trust | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Two-timing

08May09 – 00:14

I have been letting my colleagues here at Common Endeavour down a bit by hardly posting here at all.  This post is part of my occasional series of insights into the life of a PPC, and along the way it may partly explain my slackness in contributing here.
One of the downsides of being a PPC, [...]

By Andrew Skudder | Also posted in Local government | Tagged | Comments (0)

When America sneezes

28Apr09 – 19:43

Nobody predicted this contagion, which started in America. Nevertheless, Britain is one of the best prepared countries to deal with it, thanks to our prudence over the last decade. Labour will take all action necessary to stop its spread, and is committed to providing real help now to anyone affected at this difficult time. Meanwhile, the Tories would [...]

By ZaNuLieBore | Comments (0)

Erith & Thamesmead – the solution?

19Apr09 – 12:50

Labour's Erith & Thamesmead selection process, and the undoubted unforgiveable skullduggery that has emerged during it, has been dragged into the familliar Brownite / Blairite narrative.
The thing is, looking at the facts, to my eye, as a Party member of reasonably long standing, none of the explanations that are being touted at the moment fit. 
But [...]

By Paul Evans | Tagged | Comments (5)