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Michael Cashman Articles

No benign gathering of bureaucrats

If you think the conference arrangements committee of the Labour party is unimportant then you do not understand the Labour party. It may sound like a benign gathering of bureaucrats who choose the colour of the backdrop or the warm-up music, but in reality it is...
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2025: our deadline for decriminalising homosexuality across the globe

Last weekend was National Student Pride. I am a proud organiser of this annual event as it brings together young people from across the country to celebrate the freedom and rights of the LGBT community in the United Kingdom. However, while we sat back and enjoyed...
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NEC report May 2012

The full National Executive Committee met on 29 May. It was a long meeting (four hours) with a lot of serious deliberation but no fireworks. Chair Michael Cashman welcomed Sadiq Khan who has replaced Peter Hain as a shadow ministerial representative on the NEC...
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NEC report – November 2011

The National Executive Committee met for its away day (actually a misnomer as we only went as far 'away' as the downstairs media centre at party HQ) on 1 November. We welcomed five new members: Conor McGinn from the Socialist Societies and Susan Lewis (Community),...
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