Unfolding debate on eu referendum
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DPH
8 Oct 2015
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Unfolding debate on eu referendum
Dear Sir,
DPH
8 Oct 2015
Labour Leader takes credit for achievements of others
We see a great deal of the Newcastle Council leader Nick Forbes in The Journal but not often in the business pages - unlike the Sunderland Council leader who we see spending a lot of time visiting businesses in his patch, I observe. However in the business pages of The Journal of 8 October, here is Nick making a speech at a "leadership" conference as part of the Rugby World Cup programme in which he says that he "pushed for Newcastle to host Rugby World Cup matches". This seems strange when you reflect that St James' Park formed part of the package that saw England awarded the 2015 tournament back in 2009 - two years before Labour took control in Newcastle and Nick Forbes became Leader. The Journal reported all of this at the time, and I certainly don't recall any conversation or input from Nick in Opposition then ..... Now I guess we politicians have to admit that we tend to try to claim credit for the achievements of others from time to time - I might even have done that myself. But Nick is the acknowled
8 Oct 2015
The Tory conference is ignoring the humanitarian crisis unfolding on our doorstep
Speaking during the Tory Conference Tim Farron said "They will say that Jeremy Corbyn will bankrupt your country - they will not face up to the biggest single issue facing Europe today" Another Conservative Party conference is underway and Cameron's advisers have come up with a plan. There are no prizes for guessing what the Tories will continue talk about over the coming days - the threat to Britain of a Jeremy Corbyn Government.
TFMP
8 Oct 2015
Ignore the spin - social housing is still under threat from the Conservatives
The Tory approach is the last thing we need, argues Tim Farron. In my speech at the Liberal Democrat Conference a couple of weeks ago I made housing my number one priority and said that our party would oppose the forced sell off of housing association properties. We would use our influence in the Lords, working with peers in other parties, to defeat the government. I made it clear that Liberal Democrats were prepared to fight them tooth and nail on this dreadful policy. This is not about dry housing policy, it's about people. It's about whether our children and grandchildren will be able to afford a home. I will not stand by as the government flogs off the houses they will one day need to live in. We need action now.
TFMP
8 Oct 2015
Haringey Labour must do more to help refugees
Cllr Gail Engert has written an article for the local Ham and High Broadway newspaper on why Haringey Labour needs to do more to...
HLD
8 Oct 2015