A student occupation at University College London (UCL) has been forced to disband after university management gave notice that they would hold three students liable for £40,000 worth of costs. The occupation was established in protest at UCL’s plan to open a new campus in Stratford, east London. The development of the campus would require […]
London Labour and the London Directors
Aug 16th, 2012 by Keith Wright.Yesterday, Labour members in London received an email from one Alan Olive, who has replaced the infamous Ken Clark as the party’s regional director in the capital. Changes in such seemingly-distant positions are not to be brushed aside, despite the lack of coverage they receive in the mainstream press.
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Labour Students: “inward-looking”, “exclusive” and “undemocratic”
Aug 14th, 2012 by Keith Wright.An active university Labour club has accused the National Organisation of Labour Students (NOLS) of being “inward-looking”, “exclusive” and “wilfully undemocratic”. In a damning and revelatory letter, Cambridge Universities Labour Club has explained its reasons for disaffiliating from the national organisation.
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Tower Hamlets Labour: first as tragedy, then as farce
Aug 9th, 2012 by Keith Wright.But it seems like the days when they attacked each other with dodgy dossiers alleging Islamic extremism are over. Since July 20th, the Tower Hamlets Labour official Twitter account (@TH_Labour_Party) has devoted itself almost exclusively to broadcasting pictures of rubbish.
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David Miliband’s half million in private earnings: an admission of retirement?
Aug 3rd, 2012 by Keith Wright.Over the financial year 2011-12, the former foreign secretary earned £446,320.60 in fees alone – for advice, directorships, speeches and lectures. For venture capital firm VantagePoint, he received £92,839.75 – for four-and-a-half days work. For a half day at Indus Basin Holdings, a private Hydroelectric venture on the Indian sub-continent, he took £7,560.85.
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Standard journalists at loggerheads over pro-Johnson reporting
Apr 13th, 2012 by Keith Wright.Anyone who’s picked up the London Evening Standard in the past few weeks will be painfully aware that it is living up to its nickname “The Evening Boris”. But leaked correspondence seen by Left Futures would suggest that not all at Standard HQ are happy with this. Last month Darryl Chamberlain drew attention to the shift […]
