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(my favourite new mp) is going to take on paula bennett is west auckland..(you rock carmel..!..)

whoar.co.nz (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

“..Parliament’s solo mums could be set for a showdown in West Auckland, with Labour’s Carmel Sepuloni seeking the party’s nomination to fight National’s Paula Bennett for the Waitakere electorate. Ms Sepuloni will first have to win a fight on the undercard, because her fellow Labour list MP Phil Twyford is also seeking the nomination. Labour...

• Bennett faces big fight in election - New Zealand Herald

Wellington refuses to let communities decide

Kiwiblog (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

... say on the bill. An Easter bill last Parliament by Jacqui Dean passed the first reading 73-41. 15 Labour MPs voted for it – including Clark, Cullen and Goff. And another previous Easter Bill by Labour MP Steve Chadwick had 27 Labour MPs vote for it at first reading and 14 Labour MPs vote for it at second reading. It was a true conscience vote. This time Labour...

Is Brown playing the class card under the table?

Penny Red (Free subscription) | yesterday

Brown was right to play the class card, but he must play it with integrity - on Labour List today. Gordon Brown has faced near-universal disapprobation this week for daring to mention that the personal wealth and privilege of members of the shadow cabinet might have the tiniest bit of bearing on their inheritance tax plans. The phrase "dreamed up on the playing fields of Eton"...

• Brown was right to play the class card – but he must play it with integrity - Labourlist

Technology solutions to climate change can be hugely effective - and do not need to be expensive

Labourlist (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

By Philippa Roberts This is the third in the series of LabourList link-ups with SERA during the Copenhagen summit. One of the first rules of journalism is apparently “simplify, then exaggerate’. Judging from some of the press coverage and subsequent comments in the new media from the Copenhagen Summit this week, the rule appears to hold true. While it is easy to become bogged...

The Left Foot Forward Progressive PBR WebChat

Labourlist (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

From @LabourList Click on the box below to join Will Straw , the TUC’s ToUChstone blog team, Rachel Reeves , Howard Reed from the IFS and Alex Smith in the progressive PBR WebChat. Test event

Join our live discussion of the Pre-Budget report

Liberal Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

Liberal Conspiracy have teamed up with LabourList, Left Foot Forward and the TUC to host a joint, live discussion of the Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report. There is speculation the government may introduce a transactions levy and / or introduce a year-long Windfall tax on banker’s bonuses. The TUC’s Brendan Barber yesterday set out three tasks he [...]

What is your one idea to beat the right?

Labourlist (Free subscription) | yesterday

... Den, where we were looking for manifesto ideas to make Britain fairer, by clicking here . LabourList, still in its infancy also covered the event . Last year Kevin Maguire’s proposal calling for a national maximum wage received a hostile response from Dragon David Aaronovitch, but proposals from Sarah Vero and Kelvin Hopkins MP on limiting the number of privately educated students...

Join us here for Left Foot Forward's Progressive PBR WebChat

Labourlist (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Join us from noon to take part in Left Foot Forward 's Progressive PBR Live WebChat, which we'll be co-hosting on LabourList. There'll be discussion on the key points as they’re announced, with guest commentators from across the progressive economic community, including Will Straw , the TUC’s ToUChstone blog team, Rachel Reeves , Howard Reed from the...

Greg Pope MP says the Iraq war WAS legal AND moral

Keep Tony Blair For PM (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

Greg Pope, Labour MP, says the Iraq war WAS legal AND moral. We should be proud.

The PBR: there’s really not much to say

Freethinking Economist (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

... fail to see the deeper forces underpinning supposedly free and deserving behaviour. Unlike Alex on LabourList , I am glad there is no Tobin Tax, for reasons explained on this blog before. His going after 0.5pc on National Insurance deserved the headlines . Though compared to past impositions during a crisis, it is hardly the hammer blow to job creation that the Conservatives make...

Bloggers united

Next Left (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

New Statesman ask some leading bloggers of the left for their blogging tips. Featuring: Will Straw, Left Foot Forward; Sunny Hundal, Liberal Conspiracy; Sunder Katwala, Next Left; Jessica Asato, Progressives; and Alex Smith, LabourList Those v.short blogging soundbites from that rogues' gallery show that the New Statesman is beginning some light experimentation with the use of political video....

The ShortList - December 6th

Labourlist (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009

From @LabourList Catch up with the highlights on LabourList this week with the ShortList... First, check out our exclusive interview with Caroline Flint , who left the government in June this year, saying the women in the cabinet were little more than "window-dressing." Caroline talks about her resignation, her relationship with the PM and other Labour...

Blogging/Tweeting the PBR

Freethinking Economist (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

... Or, apparently, you can find the discussion on Left Foot Forward , Touchstone Blog , LibCon, or LabourList . The last link seems to bring you closest to the actual chat. (yes, as a besuited ex-City employee with the proverbial detached house three kids and a dog , I am somewhat surprised at the genial welcome I get from people left of centre. I may disappoint some time, you know .. .)

Copenhagen Day 1: We've already come a long way in making the case for an ambitious and fair deal

Labourlist (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009

By Andrew Pakes After Saturday’s big turnout on the Wave the action now shifts to Copenhagen both in the negotiating rooms and amongst climate campaigners who will be staging their own procedures in parallel to the official discussions. Over the next two weeks, SERA and LabourList will be monitoring the action and bringing you daily updates on what it means for Labour. In...

Not so, Guido

Labourlist (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Guido Fawkes' videos are getting better, but his claim yesterday that they're five times as influential as the Labour Party's is, shall we say, hopeful. Guido says his Guy News montages reach an average audience of 15,485, while Labour's reach just 3,066. That might be right according to his own statistics, but Against the Odds has been viewed more...