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Blind defenders of ‘free movement’ sound like US gun nuts « Labour Uncut

http://labour-uncut.co.uk/2014/10/20/blind-defenders-of-free-movement-sound-like-us-gun-nuts

Laquo; Three key lessons for the Left from the Scottish referendum. Labour now has a northern discomfort to add to its southern discomfort. Blind defenders of ‘free movement’ sound like US gun nuts. When the facts change John Maynard-Keynes famously remarked, I change my mind . No such intellectual pragmatism informs the thinking of outgoing EU Commission President, Jose Manuel Barroso. Not to the point where millions of people used to up-sticks and move countries to better their lot. But in a union ...

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Labour’s fruitcakes are turning us into the nasty party « Labour Uncut

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Laquo; Chuka the unready. Members must be able to sack the leader before the next election if they turn out to be Ed mk 2. Labour’s fruitcakes are turning us into the nasty party. The reaction of some parts of the left to an emphatic Conservative victory has been shameful and embarrassing. There were anti-austerity protests in London (along with some rioting and vandalism) on the 70. Anniversary of VE Day. Fuck Tory scum graffiti was sprawled over a Whitehall monument to women of the Second World War.

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Conservative voters aren’t evil. They aren’t bad people. We need to listen to why they rejected us « Labour Uncut

http://labour-uncut.co.uk/2015/05/31/conservative-voters-arent-evil-they-arent-bad-people-and-we-need-to-listen-to-why-they-rejected-us

Laquo; Labour’s new revisionists will lead the revival. Why on earth is Labour convening a “truth and reconciliation” commission? Conservative voters aren’t evil. They aren’t bad people. We need to listen to why they rejected us. I hate anecdotes. I hate how people from all parts of the political spectrum use them to highlight their arguments. I hated how Jeremy Paxman used one to eviscerate Ed’s apparent weakness on foreign policy. But here’s mine. But you would have been wrong. Of course people don’t w...

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We need to get real about the cost of ageing « Labour Uncut

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Laquo; Falkirk: an epilogue. Was the loony left right? We need to get real about the cost of ageing. James Beckles is a Labour candidate in the 2014 local elections. Health and social care. This entry was posted on Thursday, February 20th, 2014 at 10:42 am and is filed under Grassroots. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. FeedYou can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. 3 Responses to “We need to get real about the cost of ageing”. You could ...

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We don’t see it, but our arrogance stops us from listening « Labour Uncut

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Laquo; The Labour party is responsible for this defeat. It’s our fault. Nobody else’s. Let’s face it – Thursday night was painful. We don’t see it, but our arrogance stops us from listening. As Labour considers what went wrong last Thursday, and leadership contenders jockey for position, we’re re-posting a piece from December 2010 by former general secretary Peter Watt. Four and a half years on, almost word for word, it’s as relevant today as it was then – Atul Hatwal (ed). But does it matter? Being root...

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Sorry, that Labour leadership poll is nonsense. Jeremy Corbyn is going to finish fourth « Labour Uncut

http://labour-uncut.co.uk/2015/07/22/sorry-that-labour-leadership-poll-is-nonsense-jeremy-corbyn-is-going-to-finish-fourth

Laquo; If moderates want to stop Corbyn, they need to back Burnham. Ten hard truths for Labour. Sorry, that Labour leadership poll is nonsense. Jeremy Corbyn is going to finish fourth. Remember the general election, when most reports on voting intention turned out to be total tosh? Well, here we go again. The general election hopelessly wrong-footed most commentators for two reasons: dodgy polls and shouty lefty Twittervists. Now, it’s happening again in the Labour leadership race. The problem, as at the...

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Leveson will protect the little guy « Labour Uncut

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Laquo; Help to Buy is another Tory policy that will help millionaires most. What does one nation mean? Leveson will protect the little guy. Have all written vigorous dissents of the Leveson agreement in (on? This week. Preston laments the vitriol that has infected the debate; while Cohen vents spleen at liberals with short-term aims of binding right wing tabloids at the expense of basic freedoms. Simon Jenkins rails against one-sided justice drawn up by victims. The three of them are in the privileged po...

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The loan sharks are circling, and the government doesn’t care « Labour Uncut

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Laquo; Saturday News Review. Labour has become too focussed on winning. The loan sharks are circling, and the government doesn’t care. By Stella Creasy MP. Some facts are already depressingly familiar: the spending review will put half a million public sector workers out of a job; another half a million people in the private sector are expected to be fired as the economy slows. Measures which support family incomes whether tax credits, child benefit. And Peter Crook isn’t the only one. Here in my con...

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The idea that Jeremy Corbyn laid the foundations for peace in Northern Ireland is total fantasy « Labour Uncut

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Laquo; Ten hard truths for Labour. If Jeremy Corbyn wins, we need to make it work. The idea that Jeremy Corbyn laid the foundations for peace in Northern Ireland is total fantasy. This was though I’d never heard any other Northern Irish person before last month utter Corbyn’s name in gratitude, anger, or even at all. I was directed to an interview with Corbyn ( relevant clip. How this became Corbyn set up peace in Northern Ireland in his supporter’s understanding remains unclear. He is however not th...