Holocaust Memorial Day is a moment to reflect on a unique evil. Man’s inhumanity to man is known throughout history. But never before have the entire resources of a people and a state been placed at the service of the extermination a people whose condition was unalterable: the racist ideology of the far-right that grew
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Mayor’s-eye view
Elected mayors can make a big difference, ensuring local government reaches its full potential for the community, writes Robin Wales I am a great supporter of elected mayors which, as the mayor of Newham in London’s East End, may not come as a surprise. But I think there is compelling evidence of the benefit that …
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Blazing a trail
Referendums this May provide the opportunity to transform England’s biggest cities. Anna Turley on the debate over elected mayors The idea of elected mayors for English cities has been a flame that has spluttered and flickered but never quite ignited. This May could finally be its moment to blaze – renewing civic leadership and pride, …
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Cameron trip a waste of air miles
The prime minister’s flying visit to the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly today is mission undeliverable, even if many may feel Cameron has a good case. But the way he has pandered to the worst atavistic elements of the Europhobe right and the clamour of the offshore press for retributionist punishment of prisoners means he …
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NEC Report – January 2012
Constituency representative Luke Akehurst reports on the full National Executive Committee meeting of 24 January. The meeting opened with a Partnership in Power (ie policy process) report from Peter Hain. Peter said that the extended consultation on how we make policy was closing at the end of January. Proposals for reform of the process …
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Outside in
One of the reasons for the diminished status of politics in a rich democracy is that some of its noble causes have disappeared, solved into oblivion by previous generations of reformers. Peter Hain evaded this problem by being born into a distinguished political family in South Africa in a time of the disgusting separation of …
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We should remember Luke Bozier
The saying goes that today’s newspapers are tomorrow’s fish and chip wrappers. Perhaps the apotheosis of this dictum will be the recent defection of Luke Bozier to the Tories. Bozier’s defection was followed by a flurry of newspaper stories and a veritable storm on Twitter. Bozier seems to have felt that Labour were no longer …
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