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Ruth Smeeth MP Articles

‘We’ve got to make
 them fear us’

Labour only ever wins when it is at the cutting edge of modernity, Tony Blair tells Ruth Smeeth and Wes Streeting   Neither of us voted in the 1997 general election; we remember it well enough, as teenagers, but were not old enough to cast a ballot. This takes Tony...
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The stakes could not be higher

Every so often we are abruptly reminded of how fragile the security that we take for granted, both economic and physical, really is. How our world can be shaken or undermined by events beyond our control. From the real and ever present threat of global terrorism, most...
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We have killed the BNP – but have we won the argument?

In 1992 I campaigned for the first time against the British National party in Bristol, protesting against its vile neo-fascist politics of hate and division. As a 12-year-old I had no idea that I was going to end up working for the pre-eminent anti-BNP campaign, HOPE...
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The mask slips

The right to strike must be defended —The most informative parts of Conservative party conference are the moments when the mask slips. From Matt Hancock saying last month that under-25s are not productive enough to deserve a pay rise, to Jeremy Hunt’s claim that tax...
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