Monthly Archives: May 2010
MEPs vote on Organ Donation to save Lives
The 56,000 European people in the EU, over 10,000 of whom are in Britain, waiting for organ transplants deserve as good a chance as the rest of us to live a reasonable quality life. It is nothing short of shocking … Continue reading
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The Dark Side of Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day fell this year in Belgium on 9th May. Dutch MEP Sophia in ‘t Veld, who is the President of the European Parliament working group on reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and development (EPWG), used Mother’s Day as a way of introducing a roundtable … Continue reading
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Protecting Children Online
In March, a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and the Council on combating the sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of children and child pornography was published by the European Commission. It is now being taken up by the … Continue reading
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Keeping the Resources to Fight Trafficking
When I launched my successful campaign to retain specialist staff at the Metropolitan Police tackling trafficking of women in October 2009, I was a little surprised at the number of people who questioned the amount of trafficked women there are in … Continue reading
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Whither Coalition?
Following yesterday’s blog which showed that hung parliaments and coalition governments are not the rare species in these islands that so many politicians and commentators seem to believe, the time has now come to move on from academic analysis. I … Continue reading
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Rather better Results in London
No-one, least of all me, is saying the election was good for Labour. The result appears to reflect the genuine uncertaintity of the British people – no clear majority and no clear winner, even under our unfair first past the … Continue reading
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Vote Labour
Even though, as most of you will know, I am a long standing supporter of electoral reform, my unequivocal message today is vote Labour. Vote Labour in the General Election and across London in the Council elections. As always, I have campaigned … Continue reading
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Sunshine and Mud
Last Friday and Saturday I had a great couple of days working in Barking for Margaret Hodge, and I’m confident she will win. Margaret is inspiring a lively and very committed campaign – one of the best I’ve ever seen. … Continue reading
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More from the Campaign Trail
I have been impressed at the activity of local Labour parties in London. Not only are they campaigning they’re also fundraising too. This week I spoke at a packed Fuchsia restaurant in South Croydon supporting Gerry Ryan (I’m pictured on … Continue reading
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Debating Electoral Reform with Lord Norton
Yesterday morning before heading out east to a day’s campaigning in Barking I recorded a debate on electoral reform for the BBC World Service’s Newshour programme. It will be broadcast soon (probably today) and may be added to the podcasts of … Continue reading
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