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UK Politics
Leader: Tories and the Lib Dems – an unnatural alliance
- 30 December 2009
The Labour Party remains the natural ally of the Lib Dems. It is time for Nick Clegg to come clean and declare his true intentions
Middle East
Leader: Gaza’s fate hangs in the balance
- 30 December 2009
- 1 comment
Israel's friends should do more to persuade it to lift its draconian blockade on Gaza
UK Politics
Leader: It is time for Britain’s real progressives to unite
- 17 December 2009
We would welcome a left-liberal coalition, committed to wholesale constitutional and economic reform
UK Politics
Leader: Our craven calculations in Iraq must not infect Afghanistan
- 10 December 2009
- 2 comments
The Iraq war was a ruinous mistake. The lessons from it have not yet been learned.
Law & Reform
Leader: Britain’s chilling libel laws must be reformed
- 03 December 2009
- 2 comments
The UK's libel system has enabled an extraordinary assault on free speech to take place. Labour must use its remaining time in office to ensure it does not continue
UK Politics
Leader: Towards a progressive consensus
- 26 November 2009
- 2 comments
Labour should prepare for a possible hung parliament by forming a partnership of principle with the Liberal Democrats
Environment
Leader: World leaders need to become green heroes too
- 19 November 2009
- 2 comments
Without the requisite political will, the prospects for our planet remain bleak
Politics
Leader: The battle over poverty starts here
- 12 November 2009
- 2 comments
A reduction in poverty should be the centrepiece of any future Labour programme
International Politics
Leader: Killed in the name of crooked Karzai
- 05 November 2009
- 4 comments
The tawdry spectacle of Karzai's "re-election" should shame western leaders
UK Politics
Leader: Electoral change – glimmers of hope?
- 05 November 2009
- 1 comment
Electoral reform remains the key to unlocking democracy in this country
