Hunter and Shooter (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
Hunter has just been browsing the latest Early Day Motions (EDMs) in Parliament. One motion, EDM1948 , heaps praise on the merger of two unions and on Derek Simpson and Tony Woodley, the left-wing leaders of the Unite union. Who wrote is? George Galloway? John McDonnell? Diane Abbot? Jeremy Corbyn? No, step forward Bob Spink , the Conservative-to-UKIP member for Castle Point. Hunter wonders if Spink...
Revolts.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Yesterday, Jeremy Corbyn was the only Labour MP to oppose two separate deferred divisions relating respectively, to the biometric registration of immigrants and civil penalties for biometric registration. The Tory frontbench line was to abstain on both votes, but in...
The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
First up, the EDM (Early Day Motion) that I spotted: EDM 1957 - Corbyn , Jeremy. Link to EDM That this House notes that, according to an article in The Independent on 5 th June, the US administration is attempting to negotiate an agreement with the Iraqi government to maintain 50 permanent US military bases in Iraq; further notes that this would create a permanent occupation of Iraq, a state of affairs...
Shiraz Socialist (Free subscription) | 18/06/2008
Maybe it’s just me and my well-known paranoia, but I found something that Jeremy Corbyn wrote in today’s Morning Star quite disturbing and -indeed- angering: “While no-one of the left would support the oppressive nature of the previous Taliban regime in relation to women or education, everyone would understand the feeling of national anger against the [...]
Keith Ridgway's Blog (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
HMP London , originally uploaded by Simon Crubellier . I've been waiting years for an MP to do this. I always thought it would be a Labour MP, maybe even my own MP, Jeremy Corbyn. And I thought it would happen after the Blair led Labour government won the House of Commons vote that took this country into war in Iraq. It didn't happen then. As the UK has slid further and further towards a police state...
grimmerupnorth (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
Here is the list of the 37 rebels - sorry to say my MP Chris McCafferty is not among them. Hlaifax MP Linda Riordan and Batley and Spen MP Mike Wood are: Diane Abbott; Richard Burden; Katy Clark; Harry Cohen; Frank Cook; Jeremy Corbyn; Jim Cousins; Andrew Dismore; Frank Dobson; David Drew; Paul Farrelly; Mark Fisher; Paul Flynn; Neil Gerrard; Ian Gibson; Roger Godsiff; John Grogan; Dai Havard; Kate...
Murky.org (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
The BBC has a list of the Labour MPs who rebelled in the recent vote to allow people to be locked up without the evidence to charge them for 42 days. Diane Abbott Richard Burden Katy Clark Harry Cohen Frank Cook Jeremy Corbyn Jim Cousins Andrew Dismore Frank Dobson David Drew Paul Farrelly Mark Fisher Paul Flynn Neil Gerrard Ian Gibson Roger Godsiff John Grogan Dai Havard Kate Hoey Kelvin Hopkins Glenda...
footy247 (Free subscription) | 02/05/2008
Jeremy Corbyn MP has pledged to step up his campaign against a rumoured takeover of Arsenal after the club’s managing director quit on Wednesday. read more
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 29/04/2008
London MP Jeremy Corbyn tells Channel 4 News at Noon that Kate Hoey is 'giving support for Boris Johnson' and it is 'deplorable' and 'regrettable'.
Eric Avebury (Free subscription) | 12/04/2008
MayorWatch (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Ken Livingstone joined anti-war campaigners in Islington this weekend including former MP Tony Benn and local MPs Emily Thornberry and Jeremy Corbyn on Saturday.
SOCIALIST UNITY (Free subscription) | 15/03/2008
Boris Johnson Islington schools insult condemned by Islington MP and Ken Livingstone campaign Sat 15.03.08 An insult by Boris Johnson against state schools in the London borough of Islington has been condemned by Islington MP Jeremy Corbyn and Ken Livingstone’s campaign for Mayor. The Times today quotes Boris Johnson as saying he ‘extracted’ his children from schools in Islington. The Times reports:...
Eine Kleine Nichtmusik (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Video footage here of the demonstration outside the Westminster Parliament last Wednesday in support of the Palestinians of Gaza. Some good points made by Jeremy Corbyn and Richard Burden, explaining what action the British government could and should be taking. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign's website is here .
A blog for Finsbury Park N4 (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
[From Islington Gazette] Protest over Arsenal sports centre nlnews@archant.co.uk 05 March 2008 Jeremy Corbyn MP (left) with Ian Shacklock at the protest CAMPAIGNERS behind a petition urging Arsenal to build a new sports centre alongside the Emirates Stadium protested outside of Islington Town Hall last week. The original plans for the club’s new £350million stadium at Ashburton Grove, Holloway, [...]...
Revolts.co.uk (Free subscription) | 22/02/2008
Last night (21 February 2008), three Labour MPs - Jeremy Corbyn, Kate Hoey and Dr Lynne Jones - voted against the draft Prevention of Terrorism Act (Continuance in force of sections 1 to 9) Order 2008. The 2005 Act introduced...
