Local elections 2006
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- GreensladeScandalous Newsquest cutbacks are NOT the route to a digital future
A commenter to my posting below about the danger to Philippines' radio journalists, courtstown, raises questions about my attitude towards cuts by newspaper publishers (and specifically, the cuts at Newsquest/Gannett's Glasgow division) that merit both a reply and a separate posting
June 2006
Let down by Prezza and Co
Michele HansonMichele Hanson: Over the past couple of weeks our charming local Labour councillors have been heroically canvassing, trudging round the streets until the final hours, trying to dredge up more votes. Naturally I voted for them, because I long to get rid of the Liberal Democrats.
The last throw of the dice
Even without Tony Blair in the room, it was a sensitive topic for his closest advisers to broach. But facing a drubbing in the polls serious enough to affect his long-term future, his strategists apparently believed it was time to address the awkward question of why the electorate is angry with the Prime Minister.Act now or the BNP will create a society riven by fear and conflict
Trevor PhillipsTrevor Phillips: Even before the first results of Thursday's local elections were declared, a tremor of anxiety was passing through the political class. One Labour MP, Jon Cruddas, predicted that the BNP would take all 13 seats it contested in Barking and Dagenham. As it turned out, he was wrong - but not by much.