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Coventry Green Voice (Free subscription) | 16/10/2008
Ken Purchase is a Labour MP in Wolverhampton. He has an interesting Early Day Motion underway. EDMs are like straw polls amongst MPs, and they sometimes lead to pressure on the government through media attention, or private members bills. His EDM is about the Department for Children, Schools and Families employing "the headhunting firm Veredus to recruit headteachers to work in academy schools under...
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Express & Star (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
A councillor is facing an investigation over claims he told a man looking to succeed Wolverhampton MP Ken Purchase he would never be chosen because he is black. Fallings Park councillor Steve Evans is accused of making the comment to potential candidate Floyd Millen at a recent party meeting. Mr Millen wrote to the Labour Party’s deputy [...]
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The Barnsby Blog (Free subscription) | 20/06/2008
WHEN KEN LEAVES. Ken Purchase the long serving NE Wolverhampton MP has given notice that he will retire at the next election. That of course, needn’t be until 2100, but with the plight of Gordon Brown and his New Labourites facing another dodgy bye-election next week it could be a great deal sooner. [...]
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Labourhome (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
Wolverhampton North East 'Open' News is starting to break that the NEC has called for an ‘Open’ selection procedure rather than an AWS as many including myself were predicting. Ken purchase who will retire at the next GE, won the seat in 05 with a majority of over 8,000, so this should see many candidates from across the country rubbing their hands together in anticipation at the thought of bagging...
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British Blogs (Free subscription) | 30/04/2008
Wolverhampton Labour MP Ken Purchase has launched a scathing attack on Gordon Brown and New Labour warning his party it risks losing the next general election.... not gloating at all janestheone The ThunderDragon See 3 more posts on this topic: Labour Mp, Wolverhampton Labour, Sex Offender, Labour Warning, Brown Wolverhampton Keywords: MONTH04 , YEAR2008 , wolverhampton labour , labour warning , brown...
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Peter Kenyon (Free subscription) | 16/04/2008
Ken Purchase MP for Wolverhampton North East who is stepping down at the next election (i.e. free(r) to speak his mind) has given an interview to e-politix describing the "awful hole" in which Gordon Brown currently finds himself (even if GB himself is opposed to admitting to his predicament). Ken is particularly concerned about GB's relationship with the Party, like me and my colleagues in Save the...
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Express & Star (Free subscription) | 28/02/2008
Angry Wolverhampton MP Ken Purchase has labelled plans for a new casino in the city as ‘an ultimate insult'.
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Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 20/02/2008
Late news from my parliamentary correspondent at Westminster: group of Labour MPs (principally Ken Purchase) break into chorus of "The Red Flag" in corridor outside the tea room after 3rd reading of the Banking (Special Provisions) Bill.
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mrs gill
i know steve evans would never say such a thing and any one who knows him will agree with me
anonymous - 23/07/2008