... 'she tried to sit me down next to Jim Callaghan (the former Prime Minister who was then Labour leader), but he bypassed me as if I was a column. She herself was embarrassed'. Party leaders such ... is still having a profound impact on Britain. As the Spectator says: 'Indeed, New Labour, which has governed since 1997, cannot be understood unless these communist influences are taken into ...

... Willie Bain seems more “old” than “new” Labour, and emphasises both the critical nature of candidate selection in ... points out that the prime minister was barely mentioned by Labour during the campaign but a victorious Willie Bain had declared ... literal sense: “The SNP need to get down in the sewer with Labour and start grabbing them by the bollocks and squeezing.” ...

... unincorporated voluntary association members are the backbone of the Labour Party. Today in Stoke-on-Trent appeals ... meeting to get a briefing from the General Secretary about how many active Labour Party branches there are as a proportion of electoral wards ... 39;t know the answer to that question. But I do know that only 444 Constituency Labour Parties out of a possible 628 (excluding Northern Ireland ...

... the Conservatives in the driving seat. However are there any straws in the wind indicating that Labour might recover or are they just straw men for the falling. Those looking for signs of an opening for ... watching the sand of electoral time running out with little encouragement to be seen. Is it possible that some initial Labour recovery is running under the main radar of the polls? Perhaps. The ...

... theory it's a very democratic way, but in reality you will never get a majority. Because people within the Labour Party will vote against? Yes, and I don't see how people in the Nationalist Party ... is the controversial issue of crucifixes in classrooms currently being discussed. The Labour Party said secularism does not mean doing away with religious symbols. Do you think it does? I'm ...

... workers or more honestly that they employ children to cut labour costs.   Hoang Van Hanh, ... earn enough to live on so we don’t have a business licence. Nobody comes here for labour inspections and nobody tells me about how many working hours are set ... poor and have many children, they follow their friends and they are enticed by labour agencies who come to rural areas to recruit child ...

... eager politics watchers like me or even depressed members of the Labour Party, like me, had more or less accepted it was 'game over' ... Tories less than the magic 40% share they will need for an overall majority. None, until now, has had Labour over 30%, its traditional "core" ... swing). But if the Tories fall by another point, to 39%, and Labour comes in at 29% (holding the Lib Dems at 18 ...

... race card. Unfortunately, they seem to have listened to him. Today in Palmerston North (of course), Labour leader Phil Goff gave a speech ... Maaris”.   Who’d have thought the Labour party might be playing Maori for its own political convenience? ... s poll surge, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Labour’s relationship with Maori was for its own good, not that of Maori. ...

... one would expect that their official website www.labour.org.uk would make some attempt to represent ... avoid regular power outages. This is nothing to be proud of but at least Labour are talking about themselves at last. The we get to the final 'News' ... entitled 'There is a choice' thankfully on this at least Labour is absolutely correct, there is a choice, and I urge everyone to exercise ...

... 39;s post can be found in the comments. What it amounts to is that Labour's banks have them by the short and curlies because they can' ... works then should the Conservatives disarm the government and discard the Labour Party then the bank will be the only one shooting. This plays ... scenario I laid out in June that is vital for this country. Labour could go insolvent and drop out the top 2 parties ...