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The Midlands Articles

Is ‘southern discomfort’ becoming Midlands Misery?

‘You have to realise how much people elsewhere do not like London.’ The admonishment from a frontbencher during the general election campaign explains some of the findings in Lewis Baston’s report ‘Is southern discomfort spreading?’. Although we are rightly proud of...
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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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Southern insecurity

New research on public opinion in the south of England finds pessimism about the future and about politics – but Labour not yet capitalising on it, suggest Patrick Diamond and Giles Radice Southern Discomfort One Year On seeks to address the crippling weakness that...
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A mayor for Coventry

I am a confirmed believer in local government. Taking decisions as close as possible to the people involved makes good sense and we are in my view an overly centralised country. But I can’t get enthusiastic about the current anaemic form of local government that we...
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