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Get back on track, Boris
22 November 2013
You wait ages for some good news from Transport for London to come along and then, as the saying doesn’t quite go, more job cuts are announced at the same time. Woozy nightclubbers and boozy bar-hoppers will raise a glass to...
Continue ReadingTory MPs are disregarding our unwritten constitution
22 November 2013
For a party whose members often pride themselves on being defenders of the UK’s unwritten constitution, it is surprising how Conservative MPs have recently shown little regard for conventions - some of which were considered so important as to be...
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A warning from Warsaw
21 November 2013
Climate is definitely back on the agenda. This is precisely the message being given by NGOs such as Greenpeace, Oxfam, WWF, 350.org, Friends of the Earth and ActionAid together with the international trade union movement as they stage a walk-out protest at...
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Labour needs a global climate strategy now
21 November 2013
With its signature pledge to freeze UK energy prices proving popular, and the release of important commitments on energy market reform, decarbonisation, and security of supply, Labour’s shadow energy and climate team are firing on all cylinders. All except one: global...
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City of Culture 2017: New hope for Hull?
20 November 2013
“Very nice and flat for cycling” was the faint praise Philip Larkin offered Hull, the place where the great poet made his home for over 30 years and which has today been named City of Culture in 2017. Others would be...
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Grammar schools are broken, and I should know
20 November 2013
Last week, John Major, ex-prime minister and former grammar school pupil, expressed his shock and dismay at the way in which ‘every sphere of modern public life’ is now dominated by ‘a private school elite and well-heeled middle class’. Major was...
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