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Gordon Brown Did Not Spend All the Money. The Banks Did.

Ann Pettifor chose this graph as the most significant one of 2011. “This is the chart that struck me most forcibly, both for what it tells us about the debts of the private sector, in particular the...

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Is the Prince of Darkness, Mandelson behind Ed Balls policy ‘gift’ to the...

This article presents the evidence for a conspiracy theory.  We need to remember that even if you are paranoid, it is still possible that ‘someone’ really is ‘out to get you’. To the palpable dismay of...

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Letter to David Cameron #saveournhs #spartacus

Dear David Cameron People believed you when you said that the NHS was safe in your hands because you spoke so gratefully about the care that your son received.  For the same reason, people believed you...

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Why do the Lib Dems stay in the coalition?

Why the LDs are not desperate (regardless of electoral prospects) to get out of the Coalition mystifies me … that is, it mystifies me for all those who are not Orange bookers and/or not the chosen few...

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One little word so powerful it lost the Tories the last election (and...

The destruction of the NHS is not going to be Nick Clegg’s worse legacy. He’s done something even worse. Language really, really matters. Don’t worry, I’m not talking about being snobby over misspelt...

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The contradictions of Liberal Democrat opportunism

During a long drive on Thursday, I listened to Richard Bacon interviewing Paddy Ashdown about his new book and current LD politics. There was the usual absurdity of comparing the UK with Greece.  That...

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“We Take Care of Our Own” or What Labour Needs to Remember if it Wants to Win.

By Jim Grundy In a recent debate with a supporter of the Liberal Democrats I was shocked (which I suppose I shouldn’t have been) at the callous dismissal of the problems being experienced by millions...

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Arguments that every Liberal Democrat would do well to hear

By Jim Grundy Look, you and I are not going to agree; probably not even on the time of day. You think you’re noble…. I think that you’re facilitating the nastiest, most regressive administration in...

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Would collapse in LD vote help Labour in GE 2015?

Really, I want the Lib Dems to do well in Eastleigh… First posted on February 26, 2013 by garryk99 On Thursday the most interesting by-election of this Parliament takes place. Eastleigh, recently...

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“Tories ousted by Labour coup?” Worcester or Westminster?

Tories Ousted? What Coup? ….Westminster or Worcester….? Something interesting happened recently in Worcester – The Labour Party, Lib Dems and Greens formed a coalition and ousted the Conservative...

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Dear Lib Dems

Posted on May 27, 2014 by julijuxtaposed  Dear Lib Dems,  I know you’re heavily distracted right now but you and your leader seem confused about what has gone wrong. You got excited. You thought, like...

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The single most devastating reason NOT to vote Tory or Lib Dem at the next...

First posted by Tom Pride on 23.06.14 (not satire – it’s the Tories and the Lib Dems!) The NHS has been severely damaged by the coalition government over the last 4 years. But don’t just take my word...

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It is the Tories who have a 30% strategy

It is the Tories who have a 30% strategy by Michael Burke First posted on Socialist Economic Bulletin 20.05.14 Ed Miliband is accused of having a ‘35% strategy’, meaning that he is banking on doing...

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The other reasons why Labour lost in 2015

For the most part, Margaret Beckett has managed to avoid the firing line for her 35 page report as to why Labour lost the 2015 GE.  Essentially, the report (which can be read here) does not fit easily...

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Swinson: The Principle is Power, All the Rest is Propaganda

The Principle is Power, All the Rest is Propaganda Jim Grundy Politics attracts a diverse group of people. They include those motivated by a genuine desire to do what is best for the community,...

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