denden's Blog

sexist bias at Labour Home?

DenDen Mon Mar 17, 2008 at 11:05:00 AM GMT Facebook

I note that both the Streathem (London) and Hull East selections made it onto the Home page, but that Nottingham South remained on Blogs.

I further note that the first two selected men, the later a women.

Interesting.

Zimbabwe - a triumph for Robert Mugabe

DenDen Tue Feb 05, 2008 at 12:33:16 PM GMT Facebook

A ten million dollar note has been issued - its worth £1and by next month it will be worth 50p.

Inflation now 100,000%

The next Presidential elections are due to be held in 2008, although Mugabe is currently trying to amend the constitution in an attempt to stay in power until 2010.

Clinton & Triangulation

DenDen Thu Oct 18, 2007 at 04:05:46 PM GMT Facebook

Triangulation was a term much thrown about when describing how Bill Clinton acted for part of his time as President. The term has now re-surfaced in the Democratic race to become the candidate for the US Presidential election. The following short article by is taken from the Democratic Strategist. Their site is well worth having a look at whether you agree with this particular article or not - http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/

Equality, but not yet!

DenDen Wed Aug 01, 2007 at 09:35:14 AM GMT Facebook

I find it surprising that organisations that you might think of having a progressive bent still have difficulty in coming to terms with the idea of equality. At its most basic level you’d think that by now those who organise speakers for public meetings would be aware that some sort of parity between the sexes is appropriate – but apparently not.

Peter Hain's 'women problem'

DenDen Sat Jun 09, 2007 at 10:46:48 AM GMT Facebook

Why when he doesn't support women does he expect them to support him?

Deputy contenders on Europe

DenDen Mon Jun 04, 2007 at 03:09:38 PM GMT Facebook

The Labour Movement for Europe (LME) have published a handy booklet giving the 6 Deputy Leadership contestants the chance to declare their opinions and beliefs about Britain's relationship with Europe.

Available online: http://www.lme.org.uk/

Priceless

DenDen Sat Apr 07, 2007 at 12:43:59 PM GMT Facebook

Leeds Socialist Youth Network held a launch meeting towards the end of March. Unfortunately there were only five of us `youth' there (three members of the Alliance for Workers' Liberty, one from the CPGB and a supporter of Permanent Revolution) - most of whom don't actually live in Leeds but other parts of West and North Yorkshire. part of a letter in Weekly Worker
Thursday April 5 2007

Guardian editor - poor little rich boy

DenDen Thu Apr 05, 2007 at 10:34:04 AM GMT Facebook

Enjoy the interview - the millionaire editor being interviewed by the millionaire ex-editor.

http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2411713.ece

Labour History Group spins a tale

DenDen Fri Mar 16, 2007 at 02:34:36 PM GMT Facebook

Labour History, the journal of the Labour History Group, popped through my letterbox this morning, the cover proclaiming content on `Spain's civil war: Labour and intervention, seventy years on'. Unfortunately, the introduction by Greg Rosen, the Chair of the group, gets his history drastically wrong about one of the great figures of our history.

Is Brother Simpson losing his grip on Amicus?

DenDen Sat Mar 10, 2007 at 02:47:39 PM GMT Facebook

The election for Regional Secretary of the Yorkshire & Humberside region of Amicus has produced a shock result that suggests General Secretary Derek Simpson may be losing his grip over the union.

Trots gather round

DenDen Fri Jan 19, 2007 at 11:25:46 AM GMT Facebook

A report on the 13th January launch conference of Socialist Youth Network, the Labour Representation Committee's (LRC) youth organisation, is in this weeks issue of Weekly Worker - the paper of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). It makes for interesting reading, though not perhaps for the Labour Party members of the LRC.

Retro Coop Party - not in a nice way

DenDen Tue Jan 09, 2007 at 07:28:57 PM GMT Facebook

The Co-operative Party is 90 this year - but on the evidence of its literature doesn't deserve to reach 91.

The (not-so) national society

DenDen Wed Dec 27, 2006 at 06:35:41 PM GMT Facebook

The Fabian Society is a UK think tank - it says so on its website. But, whilst happy to have members from the provinces it remains as it started, a London centred organisation.