The great civil liberties fight of the last decade centered
on New Labour's anti-terrorism measures.
Here, to celebrate this extraordinary outburst of common sense, DAVID THOMAS creates his own pieces of art - each based
on a New Labour henchman.
«David Cameron as well as Nick Clegg is behind this week's messages from the Liberal Conference Main Michael Fallon appointed as «the thinking man's rottweiler», to take
on the new Labour leader»
Harriet Harman's pivotal role in an attempted coup against Gordon Brown has been laid bare in an explosive book
on New Labour.
On New Labour, he argued: «What we've lost is a warmth, a compassion in our language: it's partly managerialism but it's also the consequence of a conscious political strategy and our encampment in a specific part of the electorate.»
The CWU - previously led by Alan Johnson, so hardly a hotbed of Hard Leftism - should stop wasting its money
on New Labour and start funding individual candidates, regardless of party (if any), who do in fact support public services, strong unions, rural communities, national sovereignty (both as against the EU and as against the foreign acquisition of a key national asset), and the monarchy's direct link to every address in the count.
Peter Mandelson has launched the most savage attack yet on Ed Miliband for turning his back
on New Labour.
12:12 - Harman is unimpressed, but her attacks only meet with a more intensified attack
on the New Labour legacy from Clegg.
In the early years
on the new labour government, female columnists even wrote about having major crushes on Brown, how sexy he was.
«You can't win elections without a coalition, and to suggest that we should be concentrating on our core current voters rather than looking to professional people and affluent people is by way of saying that we want to remain a minority party... «If you shut the door
on new Labour you're effectively slamming the door in the faces of millions of voters who voted for our party because we were new Labour.»
Miliband wanted to rewind the clock
on New Labour.
But Miliband and his inner circle of advisers believed they were writing a whole new chapter of the party's history, «turning the page»
on New Labour without lurching back to an old Labour script.
For them, this must be a most delicious form of revenge
on New Labour.
David Cameron used his speech to the Conservative party conference to lay into «terrorist - sympathising» Jeremy Corbyn and to park his tanks firmly
on New Labour territory.
My view
on New Labour - and I think Labour at the moment is still running
on New Labour gas, as it were - is that it was / is all tactics and no strategy.
The work and pensions secretary used an article in the Telegraph paper to mount a sustained attack
on the New Labour government's «sorry story of dependency, wasted taxpayers» money and fraud».
«If you shut the door
on New Labour you're effectively slamming the door in the faces of millions of voters who voted for our party.»
Please don't imply any attitude towards my views
on the New Labour project and its failures.
Harman then criticised Peter Mandelson for having said, two days after the election, that Miliband had made a «terrible mistake» by turning his back
on New Labour.
Gen Sir Richard broke Whitehall convention by placing political pressure
on the New Labour government to provide his troops with better equipment and support.
Iannucci has not spoken about Tucker's views on the subject but the sweary spin doctor is widely believed to be based
on New Labour communication supremo Alastair Campbell, who is a fierce opponent of Brexit.
According to Pat McFadden, the shadow Europe minister, and a figure close to Blair, defeat flowed from Ed Miliband «turning the page
on New Labour» and his failure to appeal to «the aspirational family that wants to do well».
I've highlighted this post
on our new Labour Campaign for International Development blog Here is the link.
That report had a major influence
on the New Labour Government that followed in 1997 and I know that The Condition of Britain will make the same contribution: helping us to define a new approach to the challenges that confront the Country.
As Ed Miliband draws the curtain
on New Labour, Peter Riddell looks at how the Blair and Brown years have been portrayed in literature
Not exact matches
If you're thinking of tackling a
new goal — like running 5K into the office every day — you may consider starting after a birthday or
Labour Day, or even
on a regular Monday to ensure you follow through.
Coles said the time was right for a «
new team» to lead Unifor and fight back against what he called attacks
on labour by the federal government.
With more companies relying
on freelancers, one Montreal startup wants to make sure the
new labour market is operating efficiently.
Stanley imposed a
new labour agreement
on the pilots, removing the final roadblock.
A
new book
on the Canadian workplace — Work
on Trial: Canadian
Labour Law Struggles, edited by Judy Fudge and Eric Tucker — provides an engaging and accessible account of various labour battles in the courts over the past 85 years involving human rights, employment fairness and union recogn
Labour Law Struggles, edited by Judy Fudge and Eric Tucker — provides an engaging and accessible account of various
labour battles in the courts over the past 85 years involving human rights, employment fairness and union recogn
labour battles in the courts over the past 85 years involving human rights, employment fairness and union recognition.
The guiding mentality of Tony Blair - style «
New Labour» policy is economic loyalty to Europe's financial centers as government spending is slashed, public infrastructure privatized and banks bailed out with «taxpayer» burdens that fall mainly
on labor.
Just in from Paris, some fascinating quotables from the OECD: Governments must do more to help workers adapt to
new global economy, says OECD Rather than seeing globalisation as a threat, OECD governments should focus
on improving
labour regulations and social protection systems to help people adapt to changing job markets.
Highly critical of
New Labour but strongly influenced by Scandinavian social democracy, Compass is advancing themes and policies which will resonate
on the progressive left in Canada — a relentless focus
on -LSB-...]
Quote from
New Democrat spokesperson
on economic development,
labour, and skills Shane Simpson:
The strength of resource production of late partly reflects an improvement in
labour productivity in the mining sector, which is to be expected as
new productive capacity comes
on line.
«
On International Workers» Day this year, lets renew our commitment to push for positive change that will benefit all workers,» says Patrick Colford, President of the
New Brunswick Federation of
Labour, «With this year being an election year, we need to make sure that our elected representatives are accountable for improving fairness and making sure that economic prosperity benefits everyone.»
Due to be passed in June, the
new legislation would amend the Canada
Labour Code mandating MPs and other employers
on the Hill do «everything in their power» to prevent harassment and violence among staff.
The US economy added 103,000 non-farm payrolls last month, following a much larger increase of 326,000
new jobs in February, data by the US Bureau of
Labour Statistics showed
on Friday.
Labour productivity also depends
on the workers» own attributes: innate abilities, level of formal education and training, skills acquired
on the job, a capacity to learn
new tasks, etc..
Using concepts from a long time ago, thought of by another society to set - up a relatively
new country and doing so
on the backs of slave
labour... if that is called «establishing the system» then so be it.
Another cause has been the insidious notion (greatly encouraged by successive governments but particularly under
New Labour - Old
Labour tended to be much more traditional in its views
on the family) that the family has many forms, that marriage is just one option, and that lone parenting is just as «valid» (dread word) a form as any other.
She spoke after
Labour, Tory and Green MSPs
on Holyrood's Social Security Committee united in June to vote through a series of amendments to the Scottish Government's Child Poverty Bill - including one by Green MSP Alison Johnstone requiring ministers to set out whether they will use
new welfare powers to increase child benefit.
Today, the
Labour Party's Shadow Health Secretary, Jonathan Ashworth, will announce a
new commitment that a future
Labour government would place hospital food standards
on the same legal basis as school food standards.
There's more information
on how to prepare siblings for the birth of a
new baby over
on babyReady where they suggest: make a game out of the kinds of strange noises that you may make when you are in
labour, try not to make too many changes to your child's routine close to the delivery, let your older child open the baby's gifts, and take your older child to your doctor (or midwife) visits, and more.
New baby
on its way while I'm in
labour?
Remember, your midwife isn't just there to help you through
labour, they also provide support and guidance
on looking after your
new baby.
Following a move to London after the birth of her first daughter, Anya, Clemmie spent time working briefly at Kingston Hospital before taking a
new role at King's College Hospital
on the
labour ward, one of the busiest units in the country.
Don't dwell
on how your
labour went, just concentrate
on your beautiful
new arrival.
Churchill's victory in 1951 presaged Eisenhower's in 1952; Kennedy's win in 1960 led to Wilson's four years later and so
on, through Nixon and Heath, Wilson and Carter, Thatcher and Reagan, until Clinton's
New Democrats gave birth to
New Labour in the 1990s.
New Labour prevented members from being able to vote
on the party leader.