Tag Archives: Labour Party

My choices on Thursday for the EP


The votes on Thursday are based on a very clear set of options. Although I will end up with 10 MEPs who will each represent me and around 8 million other people in the South East, the votes I have … Continue reading

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The Cabinet Offices view of the role of MPs


In the same week that the Conservative Party have sought to wrest control from the Labour Party over the running of Brighton and Hove City Council without any opportunity for local residents to have a say, as a result of … Continue reading

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Our two main Political parties make new trade deals very hard to achieve


As we wait for the vote to be carried out on Tuesday in the House of Commons regarding whether our Parliament will back the Brexit proposal by Theresa May, it is beginning to become clear that our options as a … Continue reading

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We need to reform our business culture


One of the proposals from the Labour Party conference which has created predictable opposition from the CBI is to ensure that in the large companies in the UK, there is a commitment to take a proportion of their profits (through … Continue reading

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A Heineken Political Party or proper democratic reform?


The indications are growing of attempts by members of various political parties to form a new one that will somehow solve all of the problems that their current party does not address. Perhaps they will call it the Heineken party … Continue reading

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Religion and Politics continue to challenge one another


One of the elements of last Mondays blog and column in the Argus newspaper was how religion and politics can sometimes come into conflict with one another. This is continuing in the case of the Labour Party and concerns about … Continue reading

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Government measured poverty, Antisemitism and Treason


The failure of the Government to protect thousands of vulnerable families on low incomes has finally hit the front pages of the most right wing newspapers in our nation. Even though these journals have set out the information in a … Continue reading

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The internal barriers to transparency


The current criticisms of anti-Semitism levied at parts of the Labour Party cannot be ignored by the rest of society. Our society is made up of numerous organisations and groupings whose internal culture can at times justify or cover up … Continue reading

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Government must work to their strengths


The public conflict that frequently emerges between parts of the Labour Party and parts of the Conservative Party regarding how public services and utilities should be owned and controlled, often appears to be a matter of ideology rather than a … Continue reading

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Will the response to Oxfam set a bar for business and politics?


One of the elements of the story that has blown up over the last few days is the response from No 10 and other political power bases regarding the support from our Government towards a charity which employed a small … Continue reading

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