Gary Gibbon
Liam Fox and the smell of political death
A couple of Tory MPs I met this morning seem to think that even if Liam Fox survives today he’ll be hard-pressed to survive the week, blogs Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
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Is ‘militant secularisation’ a threat to Britain?
The British Humanist Association tells Channel 4 News Baroness Warsi’s description of secularists is “an astonishing smear” – but Christians say they are victims of a growing intolerance.
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Gary Gibbon
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Labour targets ‘fast buck culture’
As an opinion poll puts Labour one point behind the Conservatives, Ed Miliband promises a “new bargain” for Britain in his Labour conference speech.
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Ed Balls sets out Labour plan to fix financial crisis
Ed Balls says he doesn’t care if it is plan A, B or C – Britain just needs a plan for growth and tells Channel 4 News he has the measures in place to fix an economy that has “flatlined”.
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Headteachers to hold first strike ballot
The union representing thousands of headteachers and their deputies is to hold its first ballot on whether to strike in November over a dispute over reductions to their pensions.
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FactCheck: AV round-up – the truth behind the claims
FactCheck’s Twitter followers asked us for a round-up of the biggest claims made by the Yes to AV and No to AV camps. With the referendum on May 5th, many said there are still too many smoke and mirror tactics to make an informed decision.
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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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FactCheck: the AV campaign gets dirty
The claim: “Should AV pass, the cost of electronic vote counting necessitated by AV will be £130 million”
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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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Prejudice against Muslims seen as ‘socially acceptable’
Prejudice against Muslims has “passed the dinner table test” and is seen as socially acceptable in Britain, Baroness Warsi – the first Muslim woman in the Cabinet – will say.
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Is Islamophobia becoming acceptable?
Baroness Warsi says that Islamophobia has ‘passed the dinner table test’ and is now acceptable in Britain. As Channel 4 News reports, journalists and commentators disagree over whether she is right.
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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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Labour MP Woolas’ election declared void
Shadow Immigration minister Phil Woolas is suspended from the Labour party after his election as MP was declared void. Labour leader Ed Miliband tells Channel 4 News it was right to suspend him.
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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?
