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5 Days in May: The Coalition and Beyond by Andrew Adonis - review
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... had given public and private assurances to this effect. His vanity would not get in the way of making it work. Tony Blair and others warned that if no one had won the 2010 election, Labour had lost it and should accept defeat. Northern MPs, who had ... Comment?
Ed Miliband to rule out promise of a referendum on Europe
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... party needs to move on from New Labour but will deny that means lurching to the left. He will reject criticism by Tony Blair last month that Labour risks becoming a party of protest as it opposes the Coalition's spending cuts. "To be true to the ... Comment?
English local elections 2012: UKip over 100 seats
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The ANTI-European Union party UKIP have gained a political foothold in England with early county council results giving them over 100 seats as the Conservative vote collapsed. Comment?
Local elections results: panel verdict | The panel
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... office through three subsequent elections. It recovered only when completely recast - in the SDP's image - by Tony Blair. That is the prospect now facing the Conservatives. Even before the day had begun, when votes had been counted for just seven of ... Comment?
Commons Confidential: Blair's got Ed's back
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... I'd advise Brandon Lewis, the minister responsible for the project, to buy a tin hat. The fate of a wannabe Labour MP, Blair's former adviser Patrick Diamond, is, I have learned, a source of considerable friction between the ex-prime minister and ... Comment?
Andy McSmith's Diary: Blair milks Milken for $1m charity donation
... reports that the star guest at the annua l Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills this week was Tony Blair. The former Prime Minister was asked about a number of topics, including his time as a wannabe rock star, at Oxford University, ... Comment?
Leaders: Miliband must spell out what Labour is for
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... policies. No-one knows quite what the party now stands for. Simply put: what is the point of Labour? Under Tony Blair, the party was "new Labour", even though it never formally changed its name. No matter how he presented it, the thrust of Mr ... Comment?
David Maddox: Miliband's vision is clouded
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... pull off a victory. So in recent weeks Mr Miliband has had to suffer an onslaught from the Blairites, led by Tony Blair himself, saying that he has get to start dealing with the tough issues such as saying where a Labour government would cut and ... Comment?
Tax on pensioners' perks seen as way to save billions
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... remarks Len McCluskey, whose members account for 28 per of all Labour funding, attacked the party's former leader Tony Blair and urged Mr Miliband to consider removing all his supporters from the front bench. He singled out Shadow Foreign Secretary ... Comment?
Coalition tax on pensioners' perks will spark grey backlash
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... remarks Len McCluskey, whose members account for 28 per of all Labour funding, attacked the party's former leader Tony Blair and urged Mr Miliband to consider removing all his supporters from the front bench. He singled out Shadow Foreign Secretary ... Comment?
DEVELOPING: Business fire considered suspicious
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Crews responded to Who Inc. on State Highway 95 near Blair just after 2 a.m. Monday. Comment?
Ed Miliband is thinking about government, not just the next election | David Clark
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... pursuing a 35% core vote strategy. Miliband does not assume a general shift to the left of the kind dismissed by Tony Blair last week. He just takes a nuanced view of public opinion that rejects the idea of an unchanging centre. There are clearly ... Comment?
Words crawled from Letwin at the speed of snails chewing a leaf
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Two Prime Ministerial confidants, two very different specimens. First Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair's former 'chief of staff'. Later Oliver Letwin, the Cabinet Office minister who has been David Cameron's point man on Press regulation. Comment?
The Blairites offer Ed some advice
... and was in power for 11 and a half years. The intervention has irritated supporters of Mr Miliband. "When did Tony Blair last knock on doors in Redditch?" says one Labour MP. "I'm not sure how much he knows about what the British public feel from ... Comment?
The Blairites put Miliband on notice
... leader. This time it is the former Home Secretary, David Blunkett who, according to the Guardian has backed Tony Blair in calling for a "one nation" Labour party based on more than just backing the "grievance of a resentful and selfish" public ... Comment?
How the Left's grip on Britain is tightening
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... leader' is more accurate. The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts is run by Geoff Mulgan, Tony Blair's former head of policy. Jenny Watson is head of the Electoral Commission, which regulates party donations and organises ... Comment?
Controls sought for growing frac sand mining
Preferred Sands operates a 400-acre plot for frac sand mining in Blair. The mine is one of 20 such operations that have sprung up in the past two years in Trempealeau County. Comment?
Blair Taylor to vote on $17 million referendum
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On Tuesday, the communities of Blair and Taylor are scheduled to vote on a $17 million referendum to create a unified campus for the school district. Comment?
David Miliband's departure leaves Blairites leaderless
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... turn to. David Miliband's defeat in the 2010 leadership election showed that New Labor could not easily endure beyond Blair. Instead David Miliband allowed himself to be presented as a continuity candidate when many in the movement and country ... Comment?
Controls sought for growing frac sand mining
Preferred Sands operates a 400-acre plot for frac sand mining in Blair. The mine is one of 20 such operations that have sprung up in the past two years in Trempealeau County. Comment?