Tag Archives: Ed Miliband
EPLP Leader addresses Labour Party Conference
Yesterday Glenis Willmott, Leader of the Labour MEPs, gave this inspiring and thoughtful speech to the Labour Party Conference. Conference, it has not been an easy 12 months in Brussels. Bad news from Europe has been a constant feature of … Continue reading
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The closure of NOTW should be the beginning of a media overhaul, not the end.
The shock and horror of the British public over the phone hacking scandal at the News of the World is palpable. The British public may have had little sympathy with media-courting celebrities who has the boundaries of their privacy broken … Continue reading
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Honeyball’s Weekly Round-Up
It would hardly be a proper weekly roundup if this post didn’t discuss the furore surrounding the NOTW (News of the World). Earlier in the week the board decided to close the title – the brand could no longer survive … Continue reading
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The Pessimism of the Right
When my report on Early Years Learning recently went through the European Parliament it received 506 votes out of the 588 MEPs who were in attendance that day. All the Tories there abstained. Nothing unusual there, but something that I didn’t … Continue reading
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Women suffer most as we all become worse off
It’s usually women who suffer disproportionately when governments take it upon themselves to make those who elected them suffer the indignities and privations of excessive austerity. Sadly this has been confirmed yet again. The number of women claiming unemployment benefit … Continue reading
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Reform of the House of Lords is about modernising Britain not bashing Nick Clegg
So Nick Clegg’s attempt to bring about the hundred year old demand to reform of the House of Lords is getting mixed reviews. While I agree Clegg is a man who looks increasingly desperate, badly needing to deliver a constitutional … Continue reading
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Honeyball’s Weekly Round-Up
The Labour Party must be bold not cautious…this was the gist of Andrew Rawnsley’s article in today’s Observer in which he critiques the first year in office not of David Cameron (or his side kick Nick Clegg) but Ed Miliband. … Continue reading
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Honeyball’s Weekly Round Up
News of the local elections and AV referendum dominated last week. As Eddie Izzard, a long standing Labour supporter and enthusiastic AV supporter, pointed out this was the first and likely to be the only opportunity when we are asked … Continue reading
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The AV Referendum is about more than Nick Clegg
I am feeling increasingly angry that the AV referendum campaign seems to be coming down to a question of personalities. Yes, it’s good it’s hotting up and there is now some real passion in what, until the last few days, … Continue reading
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