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Why Not Stand Up for Labour?

Crispin Flintoff | Posted 01.05.2013 | UK Comedy
Read More: Shappi Khorsandi, Tony Benn, Denis Healey, Stand-Up Comedy, Tony Law, Ed Miliband, UK Labour Party, UK Comedy News
Crispin Flintoff

A Labour Party gig is unlike any other. There is respect for the comic and little interest in racist or misogynist jokes, nor 'gags' about disability or 'chavs', which have become sadly common material in many comedy clubs. And when a performer is not getting great laughs, there is compassion.

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Three Political Families Who Shaped The Twentieth Century

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.08.2012 | UK
Read More: Winston Churchill, Douglas Hurd, UK News, Hillary Benn, Tony Benn, Political Dynasties, Nick Hurd, Emily Benn, UK-Ancestry, UK News

They might not have the personal drama of the Kennedys or the soap-opera scandals of the Clintons but Britain's political history is littered with fam...

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Conspiracies and Insensitivity - Everything the Left Should Avoid

Carl Packman | Posted 21.10.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Tony Benn, Ecuador, Julian Assange, George Galloway, Rape, Socialism, Wikileaks, UK Politics, UK Politics News
Carl Packman

It's bad enough so many left wing figureheads are prepared to hold nothing back in their defense of Julian Assange, but now some are engaging themselves in conversations about rape and "the sex game", and getting it awkwardly wrong.

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Dennis Skinner MP: Incorruptible and Unapologetic

James Bloodworth | Posted 26.09.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Coal Miners, Miners Strike, Trade Unions, Labour Party, UK Labour Party, Tony Benn, UK Trade Unions, Dennis Skinner, Socialism, Derbyshire, UK Politics News
James Bloodworth

Dennis Skinner plans to retire at the next election to make way for a neighbouring Labour MP as the boundaries of his Derbyshire constituency are redrawn. The House of Commons will be a duller place without him.

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Tony Benn on the Future of Socialism in Labour

Gregory Dash | Posted 21.05.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: UK, Tony Benn, Socialism, Miliband, Trade Unions, Labour, UK Politics News
Gregory Dash

Now more than ever, Miliband needs to encourage labour to rekindle it's relationship with the Unions in order to avoid bringing about an end to the party.

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