Category Archives: Labour

New posts of mine at The Canary

Posted on 22/10/2015 by Ed Sykes

http://www.thecanary.co/2015/10/22/labour-needs-learn-failure-blairs-war/ http://www.thecanary.co/2015/10/16/private-sector-will-never-solve-housing-crisis/ http://www.thecanary.co/2015/10/19/problem-calling-people-toffs-crusties/ http://www.thecanary.co/2015/10/20/music-always-opened-minds-interview-cabinet-millionaires-producer/

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The Fears of the Powerful and the Hopes of the Peaceful

Posted on 01/10/2015 by Ed Sykes

After two decades of cruising along the contaminated economic canals built by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s, the Labour Party’s failure to win the 2015 election proved quite definitively that it had no fuel left (even with the oil stolen … Continue reading →

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Corbyn’s Victory – The First, Hopeful Step

Posted on 13/09/2015 by Ed Sykes

Originally posted on Broke, Bright and British:
Positive Reactions In spite of the media’s best attempts, and in spite of the political deceit seeking to derail his immensely popular campaign, Jeremy Corbyn has been elected with a “huge mandate”, dwarfing…

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Corbyn: The Campaign Story

Posted on 12/09/2015 by Ed Sykes

Over the campaign, I first looked at Corbyn’s policies and the leadership race in general (1). Then, I analysed the political attacks that were made against him (2). After this, I talked about the media attacks (3). And finally, I … Continue reading →

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Corbyn’s Summer Shake-Up (Part 4)

Posted on 12/09/2015 by Ed Sykes

Originally posted on Broke, Bright and British:
The Unstoppable Shift towards Progressive Politics Part 1 – A Political Defence of Corbyn Following on from my outlining of Jeremy Corbyn’s policies and my summary of the media and political attacks directed…

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Support for Corbyn from Unions

Posted on 11/09/2015 by Ed Sykes

Originally posted on Broke, Bright and British:
Unison and Unite With the change in Labour’s electoral system, the unions originally looked set to lose a significant amount of influence in the party. Under the old system, for example, “trade union…

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Corbyn’s Summer Shake-Up (Part 3)

Posted on 04/09/2015 by Ed Sykes

Originally posted on Broke, Bright and British:
The Inevitable Reactionary Response from… 2) …the Media Establishment The attacks on Corbyn did not only come from the political establishment, however. In a land of millionaire media barons, the leadership frontrunner was…

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Corbyn’s Policy Documents

Posted on 26/08/2015 by Ed Sykes

I do not claim that the whole political establishment and economic status quo would change under Jeremy Corbyn, but I do agree completely that he is the best chance we have (under the current electoral system) of moving towards a … Continue reading →

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The 2015 Political Debate in the UK

Posted on 08/04/2015 by Ed Sykes

The main issues in the 2015 general elections in the United Kingdom seem to be: the cuts to the government’s social spending under the Tory-LibDem coalition (and whether to continue with them to ‘deal with the deficit’ or to reverse … Continue reading →

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