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Category Archives: Viewpoint
Do Young Momentum Enthusiasts Know That Jeremy Corbyn Really Wants Brexit?
In the New Statesman of 30 June Stephen Bush tells us that the position of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is of less relevance than (in Stephen’s view) the fact that most Labour MPs are pro-Brexit. To my mind this … Continue reading
Brexit: Why we haven’t left the Labour Party (yet)
Main points of correspondence sent to Labour Party HQ in early February 2017 by Tony Burrage and myself (Hilary Burrage): … Currently we are extremely unhappy about our Labour membership – which is a great shame after some 40 … Continue reading
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Tagged #Brexit, #RemaIN, EU referendum, European Union, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, leadership, Membership
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Stop #Brexit
Wnat follows below are some links to material and activists supporting #RemaIN. I am fundamentally opposed to the UK withdrawing from the European Union. This is not simply a matter of economics (though that’s critical); it’s about the basic need for … Continue reading
Ed Miliband is concerned about immigrant workers; he should also worry about large, wealthy families and dwindling resources
Rick of Flip Chart Fairy Tales has written a very thoughtful piece about Ed Miliband’s recent speech on ‘ordinary’ people’s concerns around so-called immigrant workers. Miliband and Rick are both absolutely right that this needs to be discussed; and also correct that … Continue reading
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Tagged demography, Ed Miliband, family size, FlipChartFairyTales, immigration, jobs, resources, wealth, workforce
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H.M.Government e-petition on FGM rejected
A number of us recently co-identifed as sharing very serious concerns about the continuing nightmarishly high levels of female genital mutilation (FGM or ‘cutting’) in the UK. We therefore set about lobbying as citizens to ensure everything possible is done to bring … Continue reading
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Tagged #FGM, #NoFGM, e-petition, FGM (female genital mutilation), HM Government
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Campaigning will shift the climate, to end FGM in Britain
FGM (female genital mutilation or ‘cutting’) is embarrassing for us in the mainstream of British life even to consider; but it’s excruciating and debilitating for its young victims. This is one topic where grown-up people must not permit their queasiness to over-rule … Continue reading
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Tagged #FGM, #NoFGM, children, FGM (female genital mutilation), health, opinion, politicians, professionals, public services
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Age-related sexism: women candidates for council, mayor and commissioner elections?
Age-related sexism is a real obstacle to progress in getting more women to the political frontline, and it’s well time that political parties began to realise that and act upon it. The repeated failure in the UK and beyond to achieve more women … Continue reading
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Tagged ageism, candidates, Commissioners, Mayors, politicians, sexism, training, women
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