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Growing concern over Refounding Labour

Sep 7th, 2011 | By David Connolly | Category: Articles, Frontpage

Concern is growing over the Labour leadership’s handling of its ‘Refounding Labour’ proposals, as DAVID CONNOLLY explains.
It seems that a final Refounding Labour document will go to the party’s Organisation Committee of the NEC on 15 September and then to the NEC itself five days later. If it is accepted the proposals it contains will [...]



Labour Must Support the TUC’s Demonstration

Feb 12th, 2011 | By David Connolly | Category: Articles

DAVID CONNOLLY calls for Ed Miliband to join the protest masses at the TUC’s march next month.
Great Ayton is a small, pleasant middle class village just south of Middlesbrough where four weeks ago 600 people crammed into the village hall to protest against the closure of the local library. Another 100 or so couldn’t get in.
According [...]



Labour ‘Supporters’ To Get The Vote?

Dec 30th, 2010 | By David Connolly | Category: Articles

A report in ‘The Independent’ (28 December 2010) says that the Labour Party has written to the Committee on Standards in Public Life arguing for a cap of £500 on donations to political parties. According to the paper, ‘Mr Miliband is ready to gamble on Labour attracting thousands of small donations from individual supporters as [...]