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election 2010 Articles

Uphill struggle?

Labour has made some headway since its defeat last year, but progress is slow and the challenge ahead is tough and complex. Could another hung parliament be on the cards, ask Deborah Mattinson and David Ashton Defeat in 2010 came as little surprise to those of us...
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Winning nationwide

Last week in the Progress office I was given the task of compiling the names of the leaders of Labour groups on local councils. This served as a depressing reminder of just how few Labour councillors there are, particularly in the south. Too often the council...
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How we beat the BNP in Barking

This time last year, every journalist and his dog was crawling the streets of Barking, eager to find out what would drive several thousand people to vote BNP. A year on things are very different, thanks to a turn on the part of the party towards old-fashioned community engagement.

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How does a winning party make policy?

Ahead of tonight’s Progress event in Coventry, speaker at that event Ruth Smeeth writes: In the words of one of my favourite NEC members, Luke Akehurst, the simple answer to the question is ‘not the way we have been’.

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