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15/06/2006 12:25
Academies are a Labour asset
Last month, you may have missed one of London's more interesting election results. This was in the very marginal Borough of Merton, which everyone had written off as an inevitable Tory gain. But, needing to win just two more wards to take control, they fell short. They did win seats in Wimbledon, a traditionally Conservative area. But in my more working class constituency Labour held all 27 seats, many with increased majorities. Why?
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14/05/2003 09:51
Graffiti clampdown urged
The public is fed up with graffiti and those who spray it, a Labour MP said yesterday.
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29/04/2002 10:24
So, have things got better?
A lot has been said since 1997 about Labour's obsession with slick branding, but I believe we have been doing exactly what we said "on the tin".
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11/02/2002 09:42
Michael Martin: A Speaker Who Listens
House of Commons Speakers, like other people who take on the important roles in British public life, from Prime Minister or Archbishop to Pop Idol, have a challenge on their hands.
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17/09/2002 14:12
We Must Not Blame Our Muslim Neighbours
Like you, I have been reflecting on the dreadful terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Talking to people around Mitcham and Morden since that terrible day, I have found that we share an almost overwhelming feeling of disbelief, shock and sorrow.
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10/07/2001 09:28
General Elections 2001
Making my way round Mitcham and Morden during the election campaign brought home to me what matters to the Merton people I represent in Parliament. In general, voters are satisfied with the work the Government has been doing on education, health, the economy, jobs and the fight against crime. However, they agreed with Tony Blair that there is much, much more to do.
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16/04/1999 09:36
The Smack of Firm Government
Far from worrying about control freaks in Downing Street, or anguishing about an over-centralised administration, the public welcomes the strong leadership of Tony Blair, says Siobhain McDonagh.
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05/05/1998 10:16
A Deal of Difference
The Party's name itself speaks volumes. It was the human tragedy of mass unemployment in the 1920s and 30s that transformed the Labour Party from a fringe protest group to a party of power. The worst endurance of the wilderness years of the 1980s was our helplessness to alleviate the Thatcher government's brutal attitude to unemployment.
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