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September 2010

September 2010



Columns
Paul's week in politics Paul's week in politics
Paul Richards
Red Wedge Red Wedge
Dividing the Lib-Con coalition
Kate comments Kate comments
Kate Green MP
Commons people Commons people
Jonathan Reynolds MP
Life in the Lords Life in the Lords
Dianne Hayter and guest writers
Stateside story Stateside story
James Plunkett
Union matters Union matters
Hannah Blythyn
Scotland Scotland
Judith Fisher
Holyrood 2011 Holyrood 2011
Kezia Dugdale
Wales Wales
Nick Smith MP
Young progressives Young progressives
David Chaplin & Jamie McMahon
The economy The economy
Rachel Reeves MP & Ben Fox
Colombia Colombia
Maria Carolina Latorre
School governors' network School governors' network
News and views from the education frontline
Third Sector Third Sector
Tom Levitt
The Politics of Poverty The Politics of Poverty
Steve Cockburn
From the grassroots From the grassroots
Louisa Thomson
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Columns

Red Wedge

Red Wedge Dividing the Lib-Con coalition

Dividing the Lib-Con coalition Our Red Wedge series of articles and events looks at the issues that are likely to drive a wedge into the ConDem government on which Labour has a united, progressive stance. Our two events already on Europe and on human rights were extremely well attended. Please read about them below and stay tuned for future events which will look at social care, localism and electoral reform

Social care - rift in the coalition?

Andy Burnham MP
06 Sep 2010 14:33

Social care, which proved so divisive when Labour sought cross-party consensus in the face of 'death tax' hysteria, is back on the table. Andy Burnham teases out the divisions between the cohabiting Lib Dems and Tories on this crucial issue.



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Red Wedge event: human rights

Lucy Rigby
20 Jul 2010 14:05

At last night's event Charlie Falconer was combative against the "myopic Daily Mail driven" government and Cherie Booth reflected on the need for Labour to do more to show how the HRA changes everyday lives for the better



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Human rights - the fundamentals

Charlie Falconer
19 Jul 2010 11:15

Ahead of tonight's Red Wedge event, Charlie Falconer says the government is being led astray by an agenda of 'human rights only for those we like' and suggests the Lib Dems may never recover from giving up on their own values



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Coalition division over the Human Rights Act

Sam Townend
19 Jul 2010 09:56

The Coalition is utterly riven on what to do with the Human Rights Act.  For the right-wing press the Act encapsulates all that they hate and caricature about Labour in Government:  They portray the Human Rights Act as combining both a ‘sell out’ to Europe and as pure weakness in their classic “dog-whistle” policy areas of asylum, immigration, benefits and crime. 



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Red Wedge: Europe event report

Adam Harrison
06 Jul 2010 11:05

Last night's event was very well attended with a great set of speakers and questions from the audience. While Lib-Con splits may not appear yet, Labour should be ready to show its unity on Europe when they do.



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Red Wedge: Europe and Labour

Tal Ofer
06 Jul 2010 11:00

Labour has to sit down and prepare its strategy on Europe for when the cracks in the coalition appear, and inviting the EPLP leader to cabinet is a good start to integrating UK and European politics



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Progressive deficit

Phil Taylor
05 Jul 2010 11:00

Nick Clegg's deal with the Tories is bad news for the Liberal Democrats. Phil Taylor outlines how Labour can seize the opportunity to drive a red wedge into the coalition



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Crashing on the rocks of Europe

Chris Bryant MP
05 Jul 2010 10:25

It won't happen immediately. It may not even be this year. But sooner or later Europe will split the coalition. After all the coalition has same old foes in its ranks.



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