From the Stop the War Coalition: GOVERNMENT BLOCKS GAZA DEMONSTRATION AT ISRAELI EMBASSY Ministers are obstructing the holding of a national demonstration on Saturday to protest against the Israeli invasion of Gaza, march organisers said today. Officials of the Royal Parks Agency, acting under the authority of Culture Secretary Andy Burnham, have blocked a plan to hold a rally in Kensington Palace...
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LeninsTomb 2 hours ago (via leninology.blogspot.com)
STOP THE MASSACRE NOW: ISRAEL OUT OF GAZA SATURDAY 10 JANUARY ASSEMBLE HYDE 12.30 PM MARCH TO ISRAELI EMBASSY, LONDON W8 Organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, British Muslim Initiative, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and many other organisations. For updates and more info:
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CraigMurray 15 hours ago (via craigmurray.org.uk)
President-elect Barack Obama took his recovery package to Capitol Hill, working to build a bipartisan coalition to endorse his plan of tax cuts and new spending.
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InternationalHeraldTribune 1 day ago (via iht.com)
It's a little disturbing that Labour, the third party in Israeli politics, is seeing a poll boost due to the Gaza bombings. Labour Leader Ehud Barack, Israel's Defence Minister in the coalition government, has seen a marked rise in his own personal popularity.
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Labourhome 3 days ago (via labourhome.org)
Peter Oborne is positing a Labour and Labour-Lite coalition with Menzies Campbell becoming Speaker. Rifts are also opening up between the trimmers supporting Cameron and the Tax Radicals like Redwood and Grieve This is all starting to look like Brown being Mugabesque in retaining power as the MDF of HM Opposition flounder around looking for a seat at the top table. The stench of Mandelson if only ...
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From the Stop the War Coalition: STOP ISRAEL'S CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY EMERGENCY PROTEST AGAINST GROUND INVASION SECOND NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION CALLED DAILY PROTESTS AT ISRAELI EMBASSY Following the start of Israel's ground invasion of Gaza, an emergency demonstration for Sunday 4 January and a daily programme of protests has been announced, culminating in a second national demonstration i...
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LeninsTomb 3 days ago (via leninology.blogspot.com)
Does anyone seriously believe anything that is printed in the Daily Mail ? We all know that most of what they print comes straight from tory press releases and very little get printed about the Lib Dems unless it is an attempt to discredit the party. I'm more likely to believe Russia Today, the Russian government's propaganda channel than I would the Daily Scum.
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NorfolkBlogger 3 days ago (via norfolkblogger.blogspot.com)
Have the LibDems taken leave of their senses? Is their leadership stark raving mad? Peter Oborne reports today that secret talks have already begun between Labour and Liberal Democrat figures about a possible coalition. He reports that as a sweetener to any possible deal the Labour Whips office is already drumming up support for Ming Campbell as the next Speaker.
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PJCJournal 3 days ago (via thejournal.parker-joseph.co.uk)
Now here's an intriguing (though not unexpected by some of us) rumor: talk of a Lib-Lab coalition or even Lib Dem support for a pre-election government for national unity. It’s not really a new rumor but it has been given extra impetus by Peter Oborne's column in the Mail, Vince Cables muttering’s and the news that the Cabinet Office has begun taking the Lib Dems seriously. Part of the Gordon
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