Ken Livingstone’s campaign to be the Labour Party candidate for Mayor of London in 2012 is gathering serious momentum. He has won the support of the Unite inion and Diane Abbott, one of five contenders for the Labour Party leadership, is the latest London MP to back Mr Livingstone over his rival Oona King. Ms [...]
Archive for July, 2010
Livingstone leads race to be Labour’s London mayoral choice
By Keith Richmond /Friday, July 2nd, 2010Coalition cuts nastier than worst of Thatcher, warns Yvette Cooper
By Bernard Purcell /Friday, July 2nd, 2010The coalition’s plans to achieve more than one-third of its cuts from welfare payments are “nastier” than anything carried out during the peak years of Thatcher’s Government, Yvette Cooper has warned
By Tribune Web Editor /Friday, July 2nd, 2010
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Editorial: A fresh start, and iniquitous ends
By Tribune Editorial /Friday, July 2nd, 2010Step forward Julia Gillard to become leader of the Australian Labour Party, and the country’s first woman Prime Minister
Obama’s indecision on Iran sanctions must not be final
By Stefan Simanowitz /Thursday, July 1st, 2010The latest sanctions look set to take us further from a negotiated settlement and a significant step closer to military confrontation with Iran