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Confessions of a Corbynsceptic: what we got wrong (and right)

on June 10, 2017

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No rest for the wicked – Thursday made a Remain vote all the more crucial

on May 07, 2016

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Thoughts after Beckett – Part 4: the SNP threat

on January 24, 2016

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Thoughts after Beckett – Part 3: immigration & welfare

on January 23, 2016

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Thoughts after Beckett – Part 2: nailing economic competence

on January 22, 2016

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Thoughts after Beckett – Part 1: what makes a leader?

on January 19, 2016

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I feel for departing moderates, but here's why I'm sticking with Labour

on November 20, 2015

Andrew Fisher Ed Miliband George Osborne Gordon Brown Hopi Sen Jeremy Corbyn John McDonnell Labour Labour moderates Lib Dem Liz Kendall Robert Webb Sadiq Khan tax credits

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Labour can and must unite behind Sadiq

on September 11, 2015

anti-Semitism Ed Miliband housing Jeremy Corbyn Labour leadership Living Wage London mayor pro-business Sadiq Khan Tessa Jowell Transport for London Zac Goldsmith

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The £1.8 trillion question: what should a pro-business Labour Party sound like?

on August 04, 2015

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Why it has to be Liz for Leader

on May 25, 2015

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Taking stock: moving forward from Thursday

on May 09, 2015

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Why Britain needs a Labour government tomorrow

on May 05, 2015

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Why Simon Danczuk is wrong about Ed Miliband's Labour

on March 24, 2015

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Is Labour missing a trick with the Boots row?

on February 02, 2015

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Nine big questions about the 2015 leaders' debates

on January 15, 2015

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Blair, Lawson & Rawnsley are all wrong - Ed Miliband is holding the centre ground

on January 05, 2015

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2014 Year in Review Part 1 - At Home

on December 26, 2014

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Labour won't win Clacton, but it still needs to throw the kitchen sink at it

on August 31, 2014

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What might a Labour government mean for the third sector?

on August 19, 2014

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Ed Miliband will be a stellar PM - here's the four reasons why

on August 16, 2014

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Elliot Bidgood: Hackney, London, United Kingdom; Currently a research and comms consultant with a consultancy for not-for-profits, in addition to freelance work (though I blog here strictly in a personal capacity - all views are my own). Active Labour Party member since 2007 and now belong to Hackney North & Stoke Newington CLP. Social democrat, Fabians & previously a research volunteer for the Labour Finance & Industry Group. Research interests include civil society, health, localism, business, US politics, the EU and political reform. Americaphile and borderline Twitter addict

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