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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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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.
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.
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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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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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…
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.
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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Live updates from Downing Street as the prime minister reshuffles his cabinet.
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