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Further and faster on the road to nowhere
Labour and the elections
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Simon Fletcher
Less a u-turn than a swerve
It is now largely accepted that the government has moved away from its earlier leaked - or briefed - plan to impose a real-terms cut to personal…
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Simon Fletcher
Welfare cuts - Labour's latest collision with its own base
MPs must vote against the welfare cuts
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Simon Fletcher
MPs need to hear opposition to the welfare cuts
A government source today derided MPs opposed to Labour’s planned cuts to the welfare state as engaging in ‘pearl clutching.’
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Simon Fletcher
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The teachers' pay ballot is not 'extraordinary' at all
Fair pay for teaching, no cuts for schools
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Simon Fletcher
The doom loop of the Labour right
Organise for the alternatives in 2025
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Simon Fletcher
Labour's problem is Labour's right
As Labour marks one hundred days in government, Labour’s problem is now very much the Labour right.
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Simon Fletcher
Modern Left
Politics, socialism, Labour
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