Gary Gibbon
A curious campaign in Oldham East
Andrew Mitchell’s “campaign” trip to Oldham East had an air of penance about it. I hesitate to call it a campaign visit because it was a rather low-key affair, blogs Gary Gibbon.
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FactCheck: Would AV help or hinder the BNP?
The claim “BNP say no because they know AV will hurt them.” – Yes to Fairer Votes, April 13, 2011 The background The No to AV campaign argues that extremists such as the British National Party, the National Front and the British Union of Fascists would flourish under an AV voting system.
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In Defence of Political Correctness
There was a point to political correctness – to extend respect and courtesy and to reject stereotypes, to think about how language can reinforce prejudice and cause hurt. Unfortunately whoever called it political correctness did great harm to the whole concept by attaching the word “political” to it. That made it irritating. But we need to reconnect with what political correctness was really about.
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Gary Gibbon
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Ed Miliband: I’m my own man
Labour’s annual conference begins today under the new leadership of Ed Miliband. Labour’s new leader says “I am my own man” as Tories claim his trade union backing will push the party to the left.
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Is there an “aggressive new atheism” in the UK?
The Pontiff and his people are worried an “aggressive” secularism is undermining traditional values in British society. But is he right?
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Why did the UK have to borrow so much?
The claim “Labour’s leadership candidates say that spending was not the problem. It was taxes. Nonsense. In just two financial years up to the election, public spending rose by 10 per cent in real terms. That’s a rise after inflation of £59 billion.” Chris Huhne MP, Climate Change Secretary, press conference attacking “Labour’s legacy”, 11…
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Diane Abbott: more than a token Labour candidate
Diane Abbott tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy she was right on many policies during the New Labour years, adding “I’m the genuine move-on candidate”.
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Jon Snow
Why, despite the women, the BNP won
I didn’t want to blog about the BNP leader’s appearance on Question Time. But I would say that Nick Griffin did precisely what he came to do. The questions raised by last night’s programme will not go away by ignoring them but by honestly addressing them, and the facts that inform them. The one great…
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David Baddiel: saying there’s ‘no go zones’ in London is ‘just inflammatory’
We spoke to comedian and author David Baddiel and the peer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi – not an MP as we mistakenly called her earlier – about the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests, as well as their new podcast ‘A Muslim and A Jew Go There’ – in which they discuss Muslim and Jewish identity.
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Aylan Kurdi: images that changed UK views on refugees?
The heart-breaking images of a Syrian toddler lying dead on a Turkish beach have reverberated around the world, but will they lead to a change in British attitudes towards the refugee crisis?
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Tories unveil ‘road to recovery’ – but is it German?
The Tory party releases its first general election poster, showing a “road to a stronger economy”. But the man who took the original photo tells Channel 4 News the road in question is in Germany.
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Cameron’s big reshuffle: live updates
Live updates from Downing Street as the prime minister reshuffles his cabinet.
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How popular is the United States in Pakistan?
To the outside world relations between the USA and Pakistan appear strained, but Anwar Akhtar argues that America is not as unpopular on the streets of Karachi and Lahore as the west might think.
