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The Bill Clinton Show, at Blackpool,
was the last straw - demeaning the Labour Party, suborning a great
conference tradition and replacing it with cabaret, with popular
entertainment, spiced with political sentimentality..
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Do not attack Iraq
I marched with the anti-War protesters in London on Saturday 28 September, and then hot-railed it to the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool.The Iraq March made a deep impression on me. The Meeja were cynical and dismissive, but the reality was deeply moving. Indeed, the March was itself a tribute to human equality, to the equality of political participation, with real personal resonance for those marching. The organising Socialist Workers Party got more, I suspect, than they bargained for...
When it comes to Conference, I share the verdict of Steve Bell, sketching in The Guardian.... 
Labour Party Conference is changing apace. It is a great rally, a jamboree, a gala, a convention, a revivalist gathering, a country fair, a party of parties, a networker's paradise, free lunches, free dinners, free drinks, discos and receptions – it is all these things. But it is no longer recognisable as a political Conference. What about the Blackpool ishoos? Check out My Views. We must Our political life is in the process of being hi-jacked by some 4,000 salaried politicians and their would-be successors. As citizens, we must find new ways of holding this powerful salariat to account. We must also have the courage to create new political and public service institutions, to expand participatory democracy. I approve of Blunkett's new Community Support Officers, recruited to act as auxiliaries to the mainstream Police forces. Special Constables have always been a great success, appealing to a sound public service motive - and Community Support Officers will, I believe, be a similar success. Same Thread, New Name At Blackpool, several threads led to my work on company law reform, which I have published as the Newport Manifesto. I set out there a five-pronged campaign for international company law reform. But I realised this week that it was ridiculous to use the term "Newport Manifesto" as a domain name! I have now invested in a new one - check it out, and let me know what you think…
Mo Mowlam
Mo
Mowlam pressed ahead with her courageous stand on drug legalisation
(new
Guardian report). Speaking at a London Conference on the Colombian
drugs problem. Mo Mowlam set out here views in
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Guardian is a clear and
cogent state If you want to join her in making a clear commitment, sign up on-line to the Angel Declaration. Socialists - keep in touch with my latest (unfinished) attempt to track the course of contemporary socialism, by way of my Newton Agenda. Follow my Russian Tour Diary, now unfolding in splendid technicolor MEETING NOTICES
Organisers! Let me know if you have any notices of meetings which might be interesting to readers like you - I'll be happy to give publicity to radical gatherings of the Left... What about the Blackpool ishoos? Check out My Views. |
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The "Great" PFI Debate Never has there been a public political debate more incompetently conducted, on both sides, than Labour’s current “privatisation” debate. Polly Toynbee, writing in The Guardian before Labour Party Conference, criticised the “verbiage” of Tony Blair’s new Fabian pamphlet The Courage of Our Convictions, deploring the lack of a simple refutation of the TU arguments. Sadly, the problem lies much deeper than she thinks... What about the Blackpool ishoos? Check out My Views. Para-Policemen
Faced with recalcitrant Police Forces, David Blunkett has forced through
the establishment of a second-tier Police Force, the
community support officers. The
first CSOs are already in service, and Blunkett has promised 4,000 new
posts over the next four years. Community
Support Officers are The Home Secretary In spite of his achievements in some sectors, David Blunkett is proving deeply damaging to the Labour Party. His personal insensitivity and illiberalism represent a corrosive element, right at the heart of government. However strong the reported "threat" from the Europe-wide racist Right (and it is being wildly exaggerated) Blunkett's style, and the underlying values it reflects, are unacceptable. Blair is sullied by his retention. Blunkett should go. Drop me a line< b> back to top Will the real Jerry Jones
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Options 3-5-6 The number of Fringe events listed in the programme was 356, spread over just five days - I managed to attend just 15 (fifteen) of them..
What distinguishes the Liberal Democrats , ideologically, from Labour? That question has been posed by Charles Kennedy’s new bid to become Labour’s “real Opposition”, replacing the Tories. Kennedy is a serious and able politician, and his perceptions are not to be lightly dismissed. He is serious about the assignment.... Diary 2002 Now up to date! I have re-structured my Diary to give you a day-to-day means of looking back, throughout the year just click through Special Footnote I love the online newspapers, which are my access to the world - share them with me - click through to their Homepages from here -
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No One came early, in the weak sunlight of an Autumn Sunday
morning. It was the chance to sing all the great old hymns with a
massive Salvation Army Band, in a Blackpool street. Life had never
brought me the opportunity of singing with a brass band. The great swell
of the brass and the thrill of adding voice to the tide of the music - it
was a magical experience - "When I survey...", "What a friend we have...",
"I vow to thee my country...", "Guide me O Thou Great
Redeemer..." "Love Divine.." - a magical hour of sentiment and tradition.
Who
is Jerry Jones? Writing in the
Morning Star - he shows great insight into the process of
Taming the Corporations -Jerry Jones is a