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Labour’s not-so-very-local election broadcast shows how unimportant local decision-making is to Ed Miliband’s party

Tonight’s Labour local election broadcast, starring telly’s very own Lord (Robert) Winston, climaxes with the rallying cry:

On Thursday May 3rd, vote NHS, vote Labour

Exactly how voting Labour then will help the NHS isn’t explored — not surprisingly, because it won’t. There’s a reason these elections are called local elections, after all.

Before highlighting Labour’s misleading tactics I thought I should first check out the Lib Dem record on fighting local elections. I have to say I was expecting to find comparable examples, times when the party leadership had called …

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    @Nick Baird “ There is zero link between what you actually pay in, and what you get out” Clearly a false claim. For example, someone who leaves the UK i...
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    Hi Jana that is a very fair point. I always pay careful attention to your comments. However, the use of barracks and other MoD property seems preferable to hote...