I've written a piece on Our Kingdom about the government's meaningless new party funding proposals: Hencke asserts that “The Conservatives have been blocked from targeting Labour marginals with spending that can run to tens of thousands of pounds a year by legislation which will limit all parties' candidates to spending a maximum of £12,000 from October
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QuaequamBlog on 15th Jul 2008 (via theliberati.net)
Labour Outlook reviews Labour’s attempts to built a critique of the Conservatives saying that it “it used to be so simple. Labour would come up with plausible critiques of the Conservatives that resonated with the public. The public would agree with them and Labour could get on with maintaining large opinion poll leads.” But this
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LabourMatters on 14th Aug 2008 (via labourmatters.com)
One of Labour’s spin successes in recent years has been to shape misconceptions of the Conservatives. The press and public have been fed the line that Conservatives are the ugly ducklings. It is time to reveal that, on the contrary, they can be the swans.
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JohnRedwood on 16th Mar 2010 (via johnredwoodsdiary.com)
Labour says Conservatives are deliberately keeping the truth from voters. Westminster residents face a £7.3 million bill in extra parking charges if the Conservatives win the City Council elections on 6th May but there is not a word about these new tax rises in the Conservative election manifesto, say Labour. Labour say that the Conservatives' failure to mention the extra £7.3 mil...
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LabourMatters on 27th Apr 2010 (via labourmatters.com)
The Conservatives must not be dismissed as shallow rightwing toffs a senior Labour MP has warned his party.
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Telegraph on 11th Sep 2008 (via telegraph.co.uk)
The latest YouGov poll is terrible news for Labour - their lowest ever poll rating. Conservatives: 42% (-2) Labour: 22% (-5) Lib Dems: 19% (+1) The important points to take from this are that: There is a 19 point gap between the Conservatives and Labour, which would give a Commons majority of 152; Labour have been most adversely affected by this
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TheThunderDragon on 15th May 2009 (via thethunderdragon.co.uk)
Richard Caring one of Labour's biggest financial backers has begun donating to the Conservatives The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
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Telegraph on 6th Feb 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
For the first time in ten quarters - 2 and a half years or, to put it another way, since Gordon Brown became leader - Labour raised more money than the Conservatives. Between July and September this year, Labour raised £5 million and the Conservatives raised £4 million. In contrast, between April and June, the Conservatives
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TheWardmanWire on 27th Nov 2008 (via mattwardman.com)
Labour has called on Westminster voters to deliver a resounding defeat on the Conservative Councillors responsible for a catalogue of financial blunders over recent years. Labour say the Conservatives have been responsible for huge financial blunders, losses and increased charges, for example; Icelandic Bank failures * The Conservatives invested £17 million in now failed Icelandic Banks with...
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LabourMatters on 20th Apr 2010 (via labourmatters.com)
Someone asked me the other day on this blog, what makes Labour any better than the other political parties! Ultimatley thats for the electors to decide, but for one thing, Labour is always one for protecting public services, especially in times of difficulty. We may not always get it right, but we make the effort. The Conservatives have not had a good record of this in opposition, let alone govern...
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MarsHill on 2nd May 2009 (via paulburgin.blogspot.com)