Tony Blair has warned Labour of the dangers of tacking to the left on tax and spending. Writing in the New Statesman, he says that the party runs the risk of wrongly assuming that the public mood has shifted decisively leftwards since the financial crisis. Is he correct?
by JJ
on Apr 11
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‘The main reason I didn’t celebrate Thatcher’s passing is because she has won’ by Peter Lockhart

By Peter Lockhart Wednesday 11th April 2013 I have a lot of friends who were celebrating Thatchers death. I didn’t […]
by JJ
on Apr 11
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A state occasion in all but name, Thatcher's funeral requires a divided nation to pretend to be as one
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on Apr 11
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SHOCK figures from Shelter reveal 3.9m British families are one payday away from homelessness

  By SIMON READ WEDNESDAY 10 APRIL 2013 More than eight million people are one payday away from not being able to […]
by JJ
on Apr 11
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Disabled women are twice as likely to be victims of domestic violence as other women – and it's harder for them to get help and get away, too
by JJ
on Apr 11
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The Philpott Murders: In Tory Britain, women’s issues are rarely seen or heard in the media

  10 April, 2013 by Hampshire Feminist Collective By Megan Sherman [content note: domestic violence, abuse] Murderer Mick Philpott’s judicial and media […]
by JJ
on Apr 10
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Glenda Jackson on Thatcher’s legacy: “We were told it was care in the community: it was no care in the community”

    Also of direct pertinence to Glenda Jackson’s speech:  An open letter to American feminists on the death of […]
by JJ
on Apr 10
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YOUR ‘Challenging your ‘bedroom tax’ decision’ toolkit by Govan Law Centre

  Challenging your ‘bedroom tax’ decision If you have been issued with a ‘bedroom tax’ decision by your local council […]
by JJ
on Apr 10
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ATOS: A carer’s heartrending plea for help from Sarah Newton deputy chair of the Conservative Party and MP for Truro and Falmouth.

    Carer’s plea for help to Sarah Newton deputy chair of the Conservative Party and MP for Truro and […]
by JJ
on Apr 10
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An open letter to American feminists on the death of Margaret Thatcher ~ Hampshire Feminist Collective

  An open letter to American feminists on the death of Margaret Thatcher 9 April, 2013 by Hampshire Feminist Collective   So yesterday […]
by JJ
on Apr 10
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Make no mistake, the politicised argument over how to remember the former prime minister is not about the past
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on Apr 10
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In Venezuela, Hugo Chávez's legacy on poverty is likely to get his chosen successor elected. We can't so easily vote out Margaret Thatcher's war on welfare
by JJ
on Apr 10
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Documentary: Thatcher & The Scots

  “To the students [of Glasgow University] I address this appeal. “Reject these attitudes. “Reject the values and false morality […]
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on Apr 10
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Death of Margaret Thatcher: Taxpayer-funded state funeral dubbed an insult to 250,000 Scots who lost their jobs during her reign

  By Torcuil Crichton, David Clegg 10 Apr 2013 07:26   THE former PM will receive a full ceremonial funeral with military honours […]
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VIDEO: Neoliberal Labour Mourner-in-Chief Tory Bliar says “She will be sadly missed on both sides of the Atlantic”

TB has paid warm tribute to his confidante and mentor during yet another whirlwind tour on the extremely lucrative global […]
by JJ
on Apr 9
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Thatcher’s time in power destroyed industries in Scotland and still casts a shadow over the over the independence referendum

  By Annie Brown 9 Apr 2013 07:31 SHE swept like a wrecking ball through the mines, the steel industry, the car […]
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Welfare butchery spells curtains for ‘Better Together’ campaign

  THURSDAY, 04 APRIL 2013 20:25   By Mark McNaught  As an American, it’s a grim day when the UK government makes […]
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on Apr 9
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A ‘yes’ vote in 2014 will give Scotland the power to get rid of the Bedroom Tax

‘The deeper implications of the Bedroom Tax’  By Paul Leinster Monday 8th APRIL 2013  The government’s new under-occupancy penalty or “bedroom tax” […]
by JJ
on Apr 9
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Thatcher gave us tax havens, arrogant banking, greed, complacence about unemployment and an end to manufacturing

  By Richard Murphy Posted on APRIL 9 2013 I see no reason to celebrate the life of Margaret Thatcher. I […]
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on Apr 9
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Owen Jones: Thatcherism was a national catastrophe that still poisons us

We are in the midst of the third great economic collapse since the Second World War: all three have taken […]
by JJ
on Apr 9
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