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Blair’s Legacy: David Cameron
In an article in today’s Guardian, Simon Jenkins writes that the Tories will win the next election because of the electability of David Cameron as Prime Minister and nothing else. Based on the...
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The Lying Horsemen of the Apocalypse
By Noah Tucker from 21st Century Socialism “We see the credit crunch as an opportunity and we are excited and ready for battle… I think this recession, or whatever it is, is going to go deeper and last...
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Oscar Joins the Tories!!
As reported from Wales Home. Over at the Conservative group press conference in the Assembly it has just been announced that Mohammed Asghar is leaving Plaid Cymru and joining the Conservatives. First...
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Who Are the Tory Candidates?
Yesterday, the GMB published the occupational details of Tory candidates selected to stand for the party at the 2010 general election. Overall across Great Britain the new GMB study shows that of the...
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Tories Play the Race Card
Remember that it was the Tory Party in the General Election in 1964 who used the slogan in the Smethwick constituency, “If you want a nigger for a neighbour, vote Labour” In an uncomfortable echo of...
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The Secular Decline of Tory Britain
As we inexorably approach the general election, it is worth considering the long term decline of the Conservative vote, as shown in this graph from John Ross. The historical trend is that the Tory...
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When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Attack the Poor
The post When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Attack the Poor appeared on Socialist Unity.
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The Puppet Master is Pissed off
It seems that the Crassus of British politics, m’Lord Ashcroft, is less than pleased with his factor, David Cameron. According to the Guardian, Ashcroft, the tax exile who bankrolls the Tories,...
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The Lunatics Have Taken over the Asylum
‘The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.’ So said the Roman Emperor, Marcus Aurelius, in words that have never been more...
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The first Tory Party Conference since the general election gets underway today. On this morning’s Andrew Marr show, David Cameron took pains to defend the planned cuts to welfare and public spending in...
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“After years of aggression and massacres, they [the British ruling class] had grasped only one fact, that Hitler and Mussolini were hostile to Communism. Therefore, it was argued, they must be friendly...
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Taking Back the Big Society
The Aneurin Bevan Memorial Lecture, 2010, speech by Jon Cruddas MP Thank you for inviting me to give the memorial Lecture tonight. My subject is ‘Taking Back the Big Society’. Now I was going to speak...
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Remember: the Tories Are the Main Enemy
There is something very gratifying about the collapse of the Lib Dem vote. The slight thrill of justice as chickens come home to roost for the party that has always promised all things to all men (and...
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Little Mileage for Tory/liberal Merger
Fascinating polling reported by Tim Montgomerie from Conservative Home I cannot remember this having been done before but Angus Reid has asked voters which party they would support if the Tories and...
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Andy Coulson Resigns
It has just been announced that Downing Street director of communications, Andy Coulson, has resigned. This should come as no surprise, as with mounting pressure on Coulson over the ongoing News of...
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