Labour NEC vote and rule changes
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Ballot papers to elect the six constituency representatives on the Labour Party's National Executive (NEC) go out on 25 May and must be returned by 13 June.
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Southampton unions must make Labour keep its promises
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Trade unions have described the electoral wipeout of the Tories from Southampton City Council as “the chickens coming home to roost”.
Livingstone: goodbye and good riddance
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Conceding defeat in the contest for London mayor, on 3 May, Ken Livingstone said: “This is my last election”. As with many things Livingstone says, it’s not true.
Scottish gains for SNP and Labour
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Labour and the SNP were the winners in last week’s Scottish council elections.
Tories' support begins to crumble
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Labour gained 823 council seats in the 3 May 2012 local elections. The Tories lost 405, and the Lib Dems 336.
Osborne is to blame!
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If there is high unemployment, and little buying power for goods and services, then government cuts raise unemployment higher, cut buying power further, and thus snowball a slump.
Fight for a workers' government!
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The labour movement can and must push back the Tory government on individual policies. To do more than damage limitation, however, the labour movement needs to drive this government from office.
Blairite party-within-a-party is a structural obstacle to Labour's revival
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In the face of defeat in Bradford, Ed Miliband has recognised that Labour needs “real, deep, genuine change” to reconnect with the five million voters lost under New Labour.
Fighting the Tories: what next?
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Bankers’ and bosses’ pay and bonuses, share prices, and profits have recovered nicely since the sudden crash of 2008-9.
Missed chances in May 3 polls?
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Tory MP Nadine Dorries said it: the Government is led by “two arrogant posh boys who show no remorse, no contrition, and no passion to want to understand the lives of others”.