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Paul Richards Articles

Power to the PCCs

In November 2012, millions of people will get the chance to vote for the new police and crime commissioner posts across England and Wales. Ever since it was obvious that the posts would become established, once the legislation was passed, I have argued that Labour...
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Blown on course?

I’m not privy to what appeared on Labour’s media grid at the start of the week, but I doubt it included John Prescott telling a fellow Labour peer to ‘bugger off’ following an article in the New Statesman which appeared to attack the Labour leader, or by a massive,...
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Bend it Like Beckham territory

I feel a bit of a fraud writing about Feltham and Heston. By ‘bit of’ I mean ‘total’. The main thing I learned from my visit to the by-election is that Manor Place, the location of the Feltham Labour Hall and the by-election headquarters, is not the same as Manor...
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An opposition of all the talents

One of the worst things about being in opposition, apart from the crushing sense of uselessness and impotence, is the lack of resources. Money follows power. Out of power, and the money melts away. I’m not saying that the millionaire donors who helped Labour in the...
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