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Murray Rowlands Articles

A useful start but …

Congratulations to Progress for recognising that Third Place First needed to be revived. The conference in Reading drew members from not only the south but other party workers in other parts of the country where Labour is struggling. The challenge was to take a trip...
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Southern discomfort on the ground

Southern discomfort is with us again but a broad-brush approach to solving it will only take us so far. Labour failed to entrench its success in the south – opportunities that existed to forge a distinct local Labour offer were foregone in the 1990s and 2000s.

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Does New Zealand really exist?

The media from Tribune down have devoted acres of space to the Australian election. In contrast New Zealand just 1200 miles seems to have been forgotten despite experiencing an earthquake at least as strong as that in Haiti.

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Turks at the gates?

Recent British and German trips to Ankara have sought to allay Turkish fears over the slow pace of EU negotiations. But they, and supportive noises over Gaza, may simply represent a taste of more promises unfulfilled.

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