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[…] claims against that case have been rebutted by me 4 – and, in much more detail, by David Denton.5 If this is of interest, read Denton. *new* Labour and and the Israel lobby Following one of those Internet trails, I came across the new(ish) website of the excellent Matt Taibbi 6 and found he […]

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[…] claims against that case have been rebutted by me 4 – and by David Denton, in much more detail.5 If this is of interest, read Denton. *new* Labour and and the Israel lobby Following one of those Internet trails, I came across the new(ish) website of the excellent Matt Taibbi 6 and found he […]

Murdoch, Rothschild and the nuclear lobby

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[PDF file]: […] (Harris 2008) and, aside from being Rupert Murdoch’s son-in-law, British Sky Broadcasting is one of Freud’s clients. (Sanghera 2001) In 1997 Freud Communications is listed as a Labour Party sponsor, donating a sum in excess of £5,000. (Aisbitt 1998) Freud had previously sold Freud Communications in 1994, when it was known as Matthew Freud […]

Apocryphilia

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[PDF file]: […] to appear out of the current maelstrom of historic VIP abuse allegations, Smile for the Camera, was highly praised when published in 2014.1 Co-written by Simon Danczuk, Labour MP for Rochdale, and Matthew Baker (who, one suspects, did much of the actual writing), its jacket claims that: ‘it’s about those who knew that abuse […]

Political life in Britain

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Contents Political life in Britain Talking to a Brick Wall: How New Labour stopped listening to the voter and why we need a new politics Deborah Mattinson London: Biteback, 2010, £17.99 People, Politics and Pressure Groups: Memoirs of a lobbyist Arthur Butler Hove: Picnic Publishing, £12.99, 2010 Bonfire of the Liberties: New Labour, Human […]

Brexit beginnings

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[PDF file]: […] was weaker than that of either France or Germany, the two other major players in the ERM. Specifically, inflation was three times greater, interest rates higher, and labour productivity lower. The UK insisted on valuing the pound at a high level when it entered the ERM. Partly as a means of attracting money into […]

Blair Inc. by Francis Beckett, David Hencke and Nick Kochan

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[PDF file]: […] European Union. This perceived illegitimacy was acknowledged by the Conservatives, Greens and UKIP who all offered voters on May 7 the opportunity of a referendum. But not Labour, which hardly mentioned the EU in the campaign, leaving it to Blair to bang the Brussels drum. The former Prime Minister’s other campaign bestowal was £1,000 […]

Code of Conduct: Why We Need to Fix Parliament – and How to Do It by Chris Bryant

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[PDF file]: […] and How to Do It Chris Bryant London: Bloomsbury, 2023, £14.99, h/b John Newsinger Chris Bryant is a public school–educated former Church of England clergyman, now a Labour MP. He is a committed Christian Socialist and champion of gay rights. He is the author of a number of books, including a history of Christian […]

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[…] and How to Do It Chris Bryant London: Bloomsbury, 2023, £14.99, h/b John Newsinger Chris Bryant is a public school–educated former Church of England clergyman, now a Labour MP. He is a committed Christian Socialist and champion of gay rights. He is the author of a number of books, including a history of Christian […]

The view from the bridge

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[PDF file]: […] The Stats that Reveal Just how Widespread Food Poverty Is In the UK’.11 Unite General Secretary, Sharon Graham, made the same claim in her speech to the Labour Party conference: ‘we are the sixth richest economy in the world’.12 Graham also noted that in 1945, when the Labour Party began its creation of social […]

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