Archive of articles from 2011

Sketch: EdM's questionable answer session

At least he enjoyed himself

Ed Miliband enjoyed his Q&A session with Labour members and ordinary people far too much. "Harder, harder!" he nearly yelled at one point. This was something new in politics, that's for sure.

Comment: What politicians can learn from Joey Barton

'Barton has over five times as many Twitter followers as Labour leader Ed Miliband.'

Joey Barton is keen to start talking politics. Rather than dismissing his views, politicians would do well to learn from his open approach.

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Andy Burnham speech in full

'Is there any country in the world which runs down its schools, its teachers and its young people in the way we seem to do?'

Read Andy Burnham's speech to the Labour conference in full, on politics.co.uk.

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To the bitter end: Lessons learned from a private member's bill

Harriett Baldwin is the Conservative MP for West Worcestershire

A Tory backbencher looks back at the successes - and ultimate failure - of her bid to get a law passed through parliament.

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Yvette Cooper conference speech in full

Yvette Cooper's speech to the Labour party conference

Read shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper's speech to the 2011 Labour party conference in Liverpool here.

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Ed Miliband: Speech was not anti-business

Ed Miliband: Speech was not anti-business

Ed Miliband, Labour party leader, defends his speech against anti-business jibes.

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BCC: Ed Miliband wrong to talk of 'good' versus 'bad' businesses

BCC: Ed Miliband wrong to talk of 'good' versus 'bad' businesses

John Longworth, British Chambers of Commerce director general, questions Ed Miliband's language in describing Britain's businesses.

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CBI: Ed Miliband should not characterise businesses as asset strippers

CBI: Ed Miliband should not characterise businesses as asset strippers

John Cridland, CBI director-general, warns Ed Miliband away from portraying businesses as "asset strippers".

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