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Paul Richards Articles

The worst loss of all

Labour’s defeat in April 1992 had a profound impact on the party. What are the lessons for today, asks Paul Richards Twenty years ago this month Labour suffered one of its worst defeats in a general election. It is a defeat which hangs heavy in the hearts of Labour...
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Which lessons to learn?

The lesson we need to learn from the Bradford West by-election, as our deputy leader told us this morning, is to learn the lessons. The problem is: what lessons? A spectacular coup, such as that carried out last night by the newly elected member of parliament for...
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The peril of effective opposition

The Labour party has become an effective opposition. As someone who desperately wants to see our party back in office, that’s a terrifying prospect . Every step we take towards being an effective opposition runs the risk of taking us further away from being a...
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Remembering our police

The tragic death of PC David Rathband reminds us that the victims of crime are so often wearing uniforms. Whatever the circumstances of David Rathband’s death, he was murdered by Raoul Moat. I can’t imagine what David Rathband’s life was like following his shooting....
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