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Climate challenges for a future Labour government

Adam Ramsay 5 August 2012 Climate challenges for a future Labour government2012-08-05T09:00:18+01:00 Environment 4 Comments
I was asked by the Young Fabians to write about the climate change challenges for a potential Labour government in 2015. This piece first appeared in their magazine - Anticipations…
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Jack McConnell blasts Labour’s “caveman” attitude to Happiness Index

Gary Dunion 26 July 2012 Jack McConnell blasts Labour’s “caveman” attitude to Happiness Index2014-12-04T17:52:36+00:00 Comment 4 Comments
Former Scottish First Minister Jack McConnell has hit out at Labour's dismissal of the 'Happiness Index', published yesterday by the Office of National Statistics. Shadow Cabinet Office Minister Michael Dugher…
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Which way is the wind blowing? Or why we need a theory of social change

Alex Wood 3 June 2012 Which way is the wind blowing? Or why we need a theory of social change2012-06-03T13:00:22+01:00 *Rights & Democracy* 14 Comments
Bob Dylan famously sang “You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows” these words chimed with 1960s youth across advanced capitalists countries, who were becoming…
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The end of opposition

MatthewButcher 15 January 2012 The end of opposition2012-01-15T13:17:31+00:00 UK 13 Comments
Yesterday the official opposition gave up. In a packed room at The Insititute for Education Ed Balls finally confirmed what many of us have been thinking for a while: The…
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Three things about the independence referendum scrap

Adam Ramsay 10 January 2012 Three things about the independence referendum scrap2012-01-10T09:30:11+00:00 Scotland 22 Comments
First: let's get one thing straight. Nations have a right to self determination in international law. David Cameron may quibble about the devolved powers of the Holyrood Parliament under the…
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Stop Lying About the Nation’s Credit Card

TimHardy 4 October 2011 Stop Lying About the Nation’s Credit Card2011-10-04T13:00:26+01:00 10 Comments
We’re making sure that this generation does not bankrupt the next. Not saddling them with our debts, not maxing out on the nation’s credit card, but building a better future for…
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Save Our Services: East Edinburgh Edition

AlysonMacdonald 30 July 2011 Save Our Services: East Edinburgh Edition2011-07-30T14:00:30+01:00 Scotland 8 Comments
Sometimes, something happens that restores your faith in activism, and humanity in general. This week, I had one of those moments at a public meeting for Save Our Services East…
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Labour, loveable institutions, elections and the real big picture: a scattershot attempt to start a painful discussion

LorcanMullen 30 July 2011 Labour, loveable institutions, elections and the real big picture: a scattershot attempt to start a painful discussion2011-07-30T09:00:20+01:00 *Rights & Democracy* 1 Comment
02:59 in a bedroom in Belfast is the wrong time and place to get deeply restless and fired up for a new, robust, proud and striving social democracy. And, as…
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The Labour Party and Northern Ireland

Adam McGibbon 31 May 2011 The Labour Party and Northern Ireland2014-12-15T11:08:14+00:00 *Rights & Democracy* 10 Comments
At the risk of sounding like I have too much experience of this, I imagine that being voted out of government must be a lot like getting chucked by someone…
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Time for reflection

Adam Ramsay 6 May 2011 Time for reflection2011-05-06T21:45:10+01:00 *Rights & Democracy* 19 Comments
Like many people, I've spent much of today asleep. The day after results night is always a strange one - a day of jubilation, or a day of disappointment. For…
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