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Luke Akehurst Articles

Labour’s most successful leaders

As a Labour history buff and an enthusiast for election stats I thought I’d devote this week’s column to the vexed question of who our most successful leaders have been. The problem is that the answer changes depending on which measure you look at. Here are just some...
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Hoist by his own petard

David Cameron’s wielding of the European 'veto' against the fiscal treaty at the start of December felt like a game-changer for the Tories. It reunified his parliamentary party after two decades of backbench disquiet about the EU. It put the end to hopes of a...
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NEC Report – January 2012

Constituency representative Luke Akehurst reports on the full National Executive Committee  meeting of 24 January. The meeting opened with a Partnership in Power (ie policy process) report from Peter Hain. Peter said that the extended consultation on how we make...
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Labour’s not just for public sector workers

I would die in a proverbial ditch to defend the link between Labour and the trade unions. It’s one of the reasons for my decision to back Ed Miliband rather than David in the leadership election – I was concerned that David might undermine the link. I’m old enough to...
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A call-to-arms

A call-to-arms

Mar 28, 2012 |

Sometimes the urgent need for an organisational call-to-arms takes over this column because there is something that...