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 | Ed Balls calls for new ‘right to work’ with jobs plan to boost economyEd Balls will today put jobs at the centre of his Labour leadership campaign as he sets out a radical plan to ensure everyone of working age has the right to a job and the responsibility and requirement to take it.Ed is calling for a new guarantee to ensure that anyone unemployed for more than 18 months is given a job or work placement – an extension... |
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‘Clockwinder who couldn’t say no.’
A blissful day of cleansing sunshine. A trip to rural Leicestershire to meet Labour Party idealists was the perfect way to rinse the poison of Blair's treachery out of my mind. In his interview with Andrew Marr, he revelled in boasting that he abused his office to sabotage Labour Party...
For madmen only
Freudian slip by Mail subs when it comes to a piece about Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks‘ failure to find designers to dress her. “Christina appears to be part of a new trend moving toward a more healthy body image. The fashion industry has, to an extent, begun to join in with designers...
Why I am voting for David Miliband
Here is a letter I have sent to all Labour Members in Ilford South......
What’s going on – postscript
I should have looked at my emails before blogging the last post. Here’s one from Chris Bryant, on the subject of his Ten Minute Rule Bill, which I don’t think he’ll mind me publishing. (As for Gove’s support; didn’t stop him blocking plans for at least one year’s compulsory...
What’s going on
We’ve just had the whip through for the next fortnight. (The whip is a piece of paper sent out by the whips telling you what the whip is… In other words, it’s to let MPs know what business is coming up and whether their presence is absolutely required or simply requested.) I’ve...
Letter to Nick Clegg
David Cameron is taking paternity leave so I’ve sent the attached letter to Deputy PM, Nick Clegg. This episode needs clearing up, once and for all....
Tory Blair economics
Who said this: “If governments don’t tackle deficits, the bill is footed by taxpayers, who fear big deficits now mean big taxes in the future, the prospect of which reduces confidence, investment and purchasing power. This then increases the risk of a prolonged slump”? ...
Coulson latest
The NY Times piece on Coulson and phone-tapping for those who haven’t seen it yet. And that’s probably everyone except Guardian readers in the UK as the other media outlets seem (not at all) surprisingly reluctant to run with it. It seems to me that at the very least Scotland Yard ought to...
Ed gets on the phones in his campaign office
As ballot papers for the Labour leadership start to go out to millions of Labour Party, trade union and socialist society members, Ed joined volunteers at his London campaign office this afternoon as they phone members across the country:...
Secret laughter
'Why are you laughing?' Two reporters asked me. One last Saturday another today. It's the story of a Russian Spy plot that is so amusing and incredible. It's tale that suggests the Russians had great foresight in seeking to recruit a spy in the LibDem Party about three years...
Call 4 Change – please vote for Ed Miliband
Last night, hundreds of Ed Miliband volunteers made thousands of calls to Labour members to call for change in the Labour Party — and vote for Ed Miliband to be the next Labour Leader. Events in Manchester, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds, Norwich, Edinburgh, Bristol, Cardiff and many other towns and...
A further embarrassment for Michael Gove – Ed Balls on Academy numbers published today
Responding to news that just 32 new Tory-style Academies will open for the start of the new school term, shadow education secretary Ed Balls said:“This is a further embarrassment for Michael Gove. After claiming over 1000 schools had applied to become Academies and railroading his emergency legislation...
Blair: memoirs of a certified delusional
It is true of politicians (as of others too) that their enemies never do as much damage to them as they do to themselves. Blair is a living proof of this observation. His diaries abound with his self-righteousness, his constant spin to gloss over his real motives, his inability...
