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Labourlist (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Sunder Katwala / @nextleft There are two possible criticisms which pro-European political opponents might make of David Cameron's new European Union policy - one that it is meaningless; the other that it is dangerous. Which will the Labour government argue? I wanted to find out which way the Foreign Secretary would jump on this choice, when chairing his keynote session to the Fabian Change We Need...
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Next Left (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Fabian Global Change We Need conference is, one year on, asking whether and how 'movement politics' and citizen engagement can influence major global issues, from the global economy, climate change and the Middle East. (You can follow some live tweeting from @thefabians and the David Miliband speech on the Fabian website . Foreign Secretary David Miliband recalled watching Obama's Chicago speech...
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Events dear boy, events (Free subscription) | yesterday
How to force Brown out? That is the question that increasingly occupies the minds of Labour MPs. The latest wheeze is for a large number of the comrades to absent themselves from the Commons at the time of the Queen’s Speech: Someone who is not a "usual suspect" but a serving government minister has offered this scenario. When the Queen's Speech is put before the Commons in two weeks,...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Business secretary indicates Tony Blair's candidacy for EU president is not dead with defence of ex-PM's track record Lord Mandelson will today call for new leadership in Europe to give the EU a key role in the world. In a speech in Brussels, the business secretary will say that personalities as well as policies will make the difference between a "meaningful" union on the international stage...
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Politics.co.uk (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
David Miliband met with Angela Merkel and representatives of the European parliament's centre-left grouping last weekend to discuss taking the foreign secretary job in Brussels, politics.co.uk can reveal.
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Karen Allen (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Gossip surrounding David Miliband's potential European role has been mounting for months and if you believe various blogs his resignation as MP for South Shields is imminent: http://www.politics.co.uk/news/foreign-policy/miliband-heading-to-europe--$1338777.htm I would welcome a By Election in South Shields. Miliband's departure would prove what many in the town have suspected for a long time. The...
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Curly's Corner Shop, the blog! (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Labour source says YES Emmeline Saunders writing at Politics.co.uk has revealed that a Labour source has told her that South Shields MP and Foreign Secretary David Miliband has accepted the post of EU High Representative of the EU Commission. The foreign secretary could announce his new position within the next fortnight, triggering a by-election in his [...]
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Politics.co.uk (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Britain owes developing countries "climate compensation" of more than £17 billion a year for its contribution to climate change, according to a report by anti-poverty groups.
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Politics.co.uk (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Britain "cannot, must not and will not walk away" from the conflict in Afghanistan, the prime minister has said.