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• Curran interview exposes lack of basic knowledge Scottish National Party (Today) - Interview on Good Morning Scotland exposes lack of basic knowledge at heart of 'No' campaign... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• In these Sour Times: Islamophobia and the Woolwich aftermath Penny Red (Today) - Three days ago, a soldier was murdered in Woolwich by two Islamic extremists carrying knives and meat cleavers. The entire country went bananas. That night, there was a rally in Woolwich town centre by the... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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• Jimmy Wray, former Labour MP, dies at 78 Daily Telegraph - Politics (Today) - Former Labour MP Jimmy Wray has died at the age of 75 following a long illness.    ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Death of former Labour MP announced BBC News - Politics (Today) - The former Glasgow Provan and Glasgow Baillieston Labour MP Jimmy Wray dies at the age of 75.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Former Glasgow MP Jimmy Wray dies at 78 Scotsman - Politics (Today) - Former MP Jimmy Wray has died following a long illness, Labour has announced.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Cycle Survey Paula Keaveney (Today) - Liverpool's planning to start a cycle hire scheme (a bit like the one in London).As part of the planning there's a survey which includes questions about where people would prefer to collect the bikes from. ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• West Ham CLP Euro Husting 28 May 7.30pm Vicarage Lane Community Centre, E15 John's Labour blog (Today) - All 6 candidates to be ranked by a ballot of London Labour Party members next month have confirmed that they will be attending. Including UNISON supported candidates Sanchia Alaisa and Ivana Bartoletti. Existing London MEP... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Express Launches Crusade Against Itself Zelo Street (Today) - “There is nothing more irritating than bad service” declares a Daily Express headline today. Quite so. I’m glad to see Richard “Dirty” Desmond’s dwindling band of hacks getting stuck in to some proper investigative journalism... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Former MP Jimmy Wray dies aged 78 The Guardian - Politics (Today) - Labour pays tribute to former member for Glasgow Provan and Glasgow Baillieston, describing him as 'formidable'The former MP Jimmy Wray has died following a long illness, Labour has announced.Wray, who died on Saturday morning aged... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Jimmy Wray, former Labour MP, dies at 75 Daily Telegraph - Politics (Today) - Former Labour MP Jimmy Wray has died at the age of 75 following a long illness.    ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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• End of an era - this time Normblog (Today) - The annual exercise is due here of drawing a line under the football season, with that relishable table of comparative positions between certain top (er, and now middling) teams. Here it is for the last... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Death of former Labour MP announced BBC Scotland - Politics (Today) - The former Glasgow Provan and Glasgow Baillieston Labour MP Jimmy Wray dies at the age of 75.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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• The Harrogate Agenda: direct democracy - Part IV EU Referendum (Today) - Coming to another milestone on our journey of discovery, we reach yet another facet of direct democracy, the idea of Referism, the central tenet of which is the annual referendum on the budget.The deeper issue, though,... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• The Harrogate Agenda: the provisional list EU Referendum (Today) - Over the several weeks since our Harrogate conference, many thousands of words have been written, on the back of much thinking and discussion. As a result, I am in a position to draft a first... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• The Harrogate Agenda: next steps EU Referendum (Today) - With the provisional list now up, I think the best thing to do is let the discussion run for a few days. At this stage, of course, the list is not set in stone, so there is... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• The Harrogate Agenda: the sovereignty question EU Referendum (Today) - This short video (via Autonomous Mind comments) is actually quite helpful as a basic primer on the Swiss system of direct democracy. Some of the principles have been adopted for our Harrogate Agenda provisional list. What the Swiss do not... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Hate Preachers Out! British National Party (Today) - March in WoolwichEverybody is welcome – regardless of your political affiliation we want you to join us in London on Saturday 1st June. We will be meeting in Woolwich at 13.00hrs at the junction between Woolwich... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Video: @Nabilu Goes In… On the Mainstream Media’s Coverage of Woolwich Attack The Multicultural Politic (Today) - By @ItsUpShot and @Nabilu“If I’m a vegetarian and I eat 2000 hamburgers in the name of being a vegetarian, I’m still not a vegetarian extremist – because I just did something that is against the... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• The Harrogate Agenda: direct democracy - Part III EU Referendum (Today) - In the first two parts of this section, we looked at bringing the legislative process under the control of the people. First to Acts of Parliament , and then to secondary legislation, we introduced the concept of public... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Plaid Cymru Will Continue To Fight Wales Corner in Europe, Says Jill Evans Plaid Cymru (Today) - Plaid Cymru MEP Jill Evans has been selected to top her party s list for next year s European elections.Marc Jones was elected second on the list in the internal poll, followed by Steven Cornelius... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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• The House I Live In director Eugene Jarecki on America's war on drugs - video interview Guardian Politics Videos (Today) - Documentary film-maker Eugene Jarecki speaks to John Mulholland about his attempts to reform drug laws in the USJohn MulhollandCameron Robertson... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Muslim community targeted after Woolwich horror Politics.co.uk (Today) - A dramatic increase in incidents targeting Britain's Muslim community has been registered following the Woolwich terrorist murder.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• George Jones: the passing of ole Possum Socialist Unity (Today) - The recent death of George Jones attracted scant attention in the UK, where he was less well known as a performer than for being married to Tammy Wynette, or for the Elvis Costello’s cover of... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Tour Report #23: Jerry Hayes on the Lord Chancellor’s Legal Aid reforms – a sardonic commentary Charon QC (Today) - Today I am talking with Jerry Hayes a former Tory MP and practising barrister about the purpose and likely impact of the cuts to legal aid being proposed by Chris Grayling, the Lord Chancellor and... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
• Busking Cancer in Newbury Market Place today Liberal Burblings (Today) - All proceeds to Cancer Research. Tweet This Post... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›

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