Post Tagged with: "Labour"

• London Assembly 2012: what are Labour’s weaknesses?

  In the second of this week’s series on the London Assembly elections we take a look at the electoral weaknesses the Labour Party will have to overcome if they are to win in May. You can read the analysis of the Conservative weak points here, tomorrow the Liberal Democrats and […]

   

• Lib Dems launch their even “Fairer Fares” policy

  In the week that 2012 fare rises came into effect (described by one Tory wonk as “a fucking PR disaster”) The Liberal Democrats have responded with their own answer to Labour’s Fair Deal campaign. Fairer fares. We should be on the look out for the Greens coming out with a […]

   

• Ken launches election ground war

  Today Labour launched their Assembly election ground war as hundreds of members leafleted over 300 of London’s  tube, tram and overground stations. The leaflets declared that “Ken Livingstone will take fares DOWN” as many commuters made their way to work for the first time in 2012. As Boris Johnson’s latest fare […]

   

• Sunday Sermon: With us or against us?

  In the first of a regular feature Big Smoke takes to the pulpit. This week Jim Jepps takes on tribalism in politics. With the Occupy Movement creating a unique fusion of camping and political philosophy (spawning the greatest political pun ever “This is the winter of our discount tents”) it’s […]

   

• Islington says “Twenty’s plenty”

  The Islington Tribune reports that Islington Borough Council has gone for a twenty mile an hour speed limit on every road controlled by the local authority (ie this excludes the larger TfL roads). This is fantastic news that road safety campaigners across London will be delighted by. Green Party activist […]