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Ethnic minority candidates still suffering at the polls
Perhaps because the general election saw an increase in the overall number of MPs from ethnic minority backgrounds, little attention has been paid to patterns in the constituency results that suggest white voters are still somewhat reluctant to support minority candidates.
David quits – leaving 49 to fight for 19 places
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Ed’s detoxification of Blair-Brown authoritarianism welcome news
Ed Miliband’s leadership speech was a strident attempt to detoxify the Labour brand from the widely perceived authoritarianism of the Blair–Brown years.
The case for AV
This article is taken from Litmus newspaper. Download the Litmus PDF for free from litmustest.org. The 1997 manifesto was precisely […]
Web and public give thumbs up to Miliband’s big speech
Reaction on the web to Ed Miliband's speech is fairly positive with unsurprising support from tweeting delegates and approval by supporters of his brother.