Monthly Archives: November 2010

Just a bit more power

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

Today is St. Andrew’s Day, and on the day that the coalition Government in Westminster have announced details of the new powers for Holyrood, IPSOS Mori have released the results of a poll on attitudes to Scottish Independence. Now, I’m … Continue reading →

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Opinion Polls and Angus North

Posted on November 29, 2010 by

The latest opinion poll for the Scottish Parliamentary elections is good news for Labour. 10 points ahead of the SNP in the constituency vote, and 4 points ahead on the regional list vote. Our constituency vote is up 9 points … Continue reading →

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What Council Houses are for

Posted on November 24, 2010 by

Let us remind ourselves of why Council Houses were introduced in the first place. It all started with the Housing of the Working Classes Act 1885 which authorised local authorities to borrow money to construct housing for rent to working … Continue reading →

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The war on Poverty and Squalidness

Posted on November 23, 2010 by

Just over 100 years ago, one of the greatest Liberals said that his budget was a war budget. A Budget to wage implacable warfare against poverty and squalidness. It was a budget which was designed to increase taxes on the … Continue reading →

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The cost of campaigning

Posted on November 22, 2010 by

We are in the process of setting up a new Labour branch in North Angus. We’ve got Scottish parliament elections in 6 months, and local government elections the year after. Our CLP is one of the smallest in the country … Continue reading →

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