Why Brent leader Ann John is backing Ken (0)
20/8/10 •
One of the many people backing Ken Livingstone’s candidacy for the Labour nomination for Mayor of London is the leader of my local council, Ann John.
Ann led Labour’s campaign in Brent to win back the the council after a tough night in the local elections four years ago. The previous Labour administration in Brent – also led by Ann John – was replaced by a Tory-LibDem coalition until this May. It’s good see Ann and her local Labour colleagues back in majority control. Local victories like that point to [...]
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Valued pubs are closing – so the Tories cut the fund that saves them (0)
08/8/10 •
The Telegraph today covers the problems faced by community pubs whose future is threatened by the closure of a £3.3 million fund set up by the last Labour government to help stem the closure of local pubs.
It reports:
Critics said last night that ministers were “turning their back” on rural communities.
More than 80 groups have come forward for help to buy out their local pub since the Community-Owned Pubs Support Programme was announced in March.
But about 50 projects across England that [...]
235 NEC nominations for Ken (2)
05/8/10 •
The nominations for the constituency section of the Labour party NEC are now starting to be published. Ken Livingstone has received 235 nominations, with only current party chair Ann Black securing more.
Paul Waugh has tweeted that this means ‘Newt Labour’ is set for a national comeback. Of course the outcome will be decided on the basis of the votes cast rather than the nominations from Constituency Labour Parties but nonetheless it’s a strong showing for Ken, reflecting the same kind [...]
Are the Tories running scared over police cuts? (0)
21/7/10 •
Conservatives like to present themselves as the party of law and order so it is no surprise that they are sensitive when the unpalatable truth about their record is brought out into the open.
The reaction of City Hall’s Tories to the news that Ken Livingstone is attending the Metropolitan Police Authority tomorrow to oppose police cuts and defend London’s safer neighbourhood police teams suggests they are less than delighted to have these issues raised.
The cut to police numbers of 455 [...]
Oliver Stone – “It’s the same story in Afghanistan, Iraq and South America” (1)
18/7/10 •
There’s an excellent, revealing interview with Oliver Stone in the Observer today, published to coincide with the British launch of his new film South of the Border about the rise of the left in Latin America.
Over many years Stone has conducted a relentless examination of power and politics in his own country and how the USA takes its place in the world. I recently watched Wall Street for the first time in years. The Observer’s Carole Cadwalladr is right to [...]
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