Category Archives: Clean Politics

Hain has dig at shadow cabinet

By Ed Jacobs | Published: May 8, 2013

One of Ed Miliband’s closest supporters has called on the Labour Party to up its game with a less than coded attack on members of the shadow cabinet who are failing to pull their wait.

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If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for those we despise, we don’t believe in it at all

By Guest | Published: April 30, 2013

t is no hardship to support the speech of those whom we agree with. For our democracy to thrive, we need to welcome the “fruitcakes and closet racists”, the jihadists and holocaust deniers to the debate.

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Ed Miliband should listen to Len McCluskey’s real message

By Claudia Tomlinson | Published: April 25, 2013

Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite, has warned Ed Miliband of the need to keep Labour firmly on the left, in order to avoid defeat at the next general election. Specifically, Miliband has been advised by McCluskey to purge the shadow cabinet of its remaining Blairites, in the form of Jim Murphy, Douglas Alexander, and Liam Byrne.

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David Cameron’s dodgy money

By James Bloodworth | Published: April 24, 2013

David Cameron was asked during PMQs today whether or not he would continue hosting dinners at Downing Street with a man named Ian Taylor. He was also urged to return the money Mr Taylor has donated to the Conservative Party.

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Thatcher didn’t destroy the Tories. They were already a party in decline

By James Bloodworth | Published: April 15, 2013

The Conservative Party has been in steady decline since the Second World War, as the graph below depicting the Conservative share of the vote since the turn of last century shows.

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“Social justice is what gets me up in the morning”. Goodbye, David Miliband

By Adam Wadsworth | Published: March 27, 2013

David Miliband has stepped down as MP for South Shields to work for an international aid charity, ending a twenty year career in politics.

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Theresa May’s dismal record

By James Bloodworth | Published: March 11, 2013

A quick glance at Theresa May’s parliamentary record reveals a fairly dismal record from which to mount a leadership challenge.

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The Lesson from Eastleigh: When the Tories move rightwards their voters flock to Ukip

By James Bloodworth | Published: March 1, 2013

The relegation of the Conservative Party to third place in the Eastleigh by-election puts further pressure on the Conservative leadership to move to the Right. Yet the lesson of Eastleigh is that when it does so its voters flock to Ukip.

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Construction workers may still be being blacklisted

By John Millington | Published: February 9, 2013

There was a protest on thursday against the blacklisting of workers and some fear the practice may still be going on.

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“The pimps, the prostitutes, the spivs, the pansies, and now, the queers”: A short history of anti-gay prejudice

By James Bloodworth | Published: February 5, 2013

Opposition to equality for gay, lesbian and bisexual people is nothing new. The difference today is the language. Not so long ago, MPs were willing to stand up in the House of Commons and liken gay people to “pimps”, “prostitutes” and “spivs”. Homosexuality was deemed “uncivilised”, and love between consenting adults was labelled a “perversion”. [...]

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