Tag Archives: jeremy corbyn
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The Syria vote must be above party politics
1December 1, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
The first to say about tomorrow’s vote on airstrikes in Syria is that it isn’t, and shouldn’t be, about Politics. …
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A Fist fight at a Labour Party meeting shows just how important the Syria decision is
Leave a commentNovember 28, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
We must never lose sight of the fact that a decision to go to war puts many lives on the …
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Why Syria continues to confound Cameron
4November 4, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Who’d be a Prime Minister? Faced with pictures of civilians dying in Syria, David Cameron has to make a decision …
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Five thoughts about Jeremy Corbyn’s speech
1September 30, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Tactically, I guess, it should have been expected that Jeremy Corbyn would have wanted to shore up his base before …
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Why new participants in politics need to listen more.
1September 21, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Speaking this week to the Press Gazette, Ian Hislop, the editor of satirical magazine Private Eye and star of BBC’s …
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Corbyn’s rail re-nationalisation is the right first policy, but the devil will be in the detail.
2September 21, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Margaret Thatcher didn’t privatise the railways. Her main intellectual guru on privatisation, Nicholas Ridley, didn’t think they should be privatised. …
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The furore over Jeremy Corbyn not singing the National Anthem is illiberal bullying
6September 17, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Is it just me who is concerned about the dangerously illiberal reaction to Jeremy Corbyn not singing the national anthem …
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Corbyn shows at PMQs that he CAN change how politics works
2September 16, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
When Jeremy Corbyn ran for the Labour leadership, he said that he wanted to change how politics was done. He …
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Jeremy Corbyn has a clear mandate. Let’s hope he uses it properly.
Leave a commentSeptember 12, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
Jeremy Corbyn’s landslide victory in the Labour leadership election, coming as it did with a 59% majority vote in the …
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Why are the Labour Party excluding people just because they share Old Labour aims and values?
1August 27, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
There’s a rather strange phenomenon going on in the Labour Party’s vetting process for their leadership election. They are attempting …
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It’s not what was in Jeremy Corbyn’s “Standing to Deliver” plan that matters. It’s where he launched it.
Leave a commentAugust 14, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
It has been almost year since a Labour politician stepped up to a microphone in Scotland without trepidation at the …
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The right-wing press don’t fear Labour if Corbyn wins. They just fear Corbyn.
Leave a commentJuly 26, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
The most interesting reaction to the ascent of Jeremy Corbyn towards the leadership of the Labour Party has been that …
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Are the right wing press getting Jeremy Corbyn’s PM chances all wrong?
Leave a commentJuly 19, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
As MPs set off into the sun for their well deserved six week holiday, the Westminster world was set …
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