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Committed to a more co-operative future

Greater London Assembly member Murad Qureshi is a man on a mission to make the capital more co-operative. 
January 20 2010
Category: Politics

Eileen Driver at the Co-op Party conference in Edinburgh

Eileen keeps the red flag flying in true-blue seat

A formidable task awaits Eileen Driver at the next general election. She is standing against William Hague in the rock-solid Tory constituency of Richmond.  
October 15 2009
Category: Politics

Kathryn Smith ... Labour/Co-op PPC for Gravesham

Activist Kathryn sets sights on Westminster

Kathryn Smith has just topped the poll in the elections for the South London Area Committee of the Co-op Group.  
August 26 2009
Category: Politics

What now for Labour’s Intelligentsia?

A dominant phenomenon from the start of the “New Labour Project,” has been the rise of an “Intelligentsia,” stuffed with “Career Politicians” and “Bright Young Things (BYTs).” Is this a fundamental reason why Labour has lost its way? Neal Lawson (Compass) contends that New Labour is dead. If true, was it because the “Intelligentsia” rejected or ignored Labour’s core values and principles?
August 18 2009
Category: Politics

Alf’s legacy is forever stored in Hansard book

At 81, Lord Morris of Manchester is one of Labour’s most respected elder statesmen. Very much a working peer, and still a tireless campaigner in the Second Chamber, he was recently made a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Scotland for his lifelong work on behalf of the disabled.  
May 19 2009
Category: Politics

‘The time is right for co-operative values to take centre stage’

“There’s no doubt there are a lot of challenges ahead for the Labour Party in Scotland,” says Cathy Jamieson. “We’ve suffered heavily in terms of losing our overall position in the Scottish Parliament and now seeing the SNP there as a minority government. 
August 26 2008
Category: Politics