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“Change”: the most vacuous political slogan of all

Tony Blair has a new election website for the British general election this year. In a 10 minute video, he exposes the vacuous nature of the UK Tories campaign, and how, although they are advocating “change”, they haven’t spelled out what change actually means: What happens after a long period of one party in Government, [...]

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Best April Fools Gag of 2010: Vote Labour. Or else.

The Guardian has a very serious looking, credible sounding article about British Labor’s election strategy. It reads so seriously in fact that it’s not until the fourth paragraph that it becomes clear that it is a fantastic April Fools gag. Following months of allegations about Brown’s explosive outbursts and bullying, Downing Street will seize the [...]

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Engaging the progressive grass-roots in the UK

The UK Labour Party have been widely decried as being on their last legs, out of ideas, dead ducks, etc. However, behind the scenes, a growing movement of vibrant progressives is building and organising. Much of it is being supported and encouraged by the Labour Party. This rise of progressive online political action also coincides [...]

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A Twitter hashtag worth following in 2010

This year will see the UK General Election, where it is widely expected that the British Labour Party will be ousted by the Tories from No. 10 after thirteen years of Government. The election bloodletting started a while ago, although now it is really getting nasty. With that in mind, I suggest that you add [...]

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