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Why Ed Miliband is pants but will probably win the Labour leadership contest

Warning: the following item may cause you to lose the will to live It’s great to see Diane Abbott alone among the Labour leadership candidates playing a straight game as she continues her campaign here and here. But not all lefties want her to win. Following articles by myself and Harpy Marx about the disappointing

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Labour leadership hustings: suits in Westminster

Last night’s hustings in Westminster Central Hall for the would-be Labour leader featured four amnesiacs in suits and a no-hoper. You’d think the last 13 years never happened. Diane Abbott was the best by a mile but most probably because she has nothing to lose. Hosted by the Christian Socialist Movement and co-organised with Chinese

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UK Chinese parliamentary candidates’ general election hustings

Yesterday’s first ever UK Chinese hustings, featuring five of the eight Chinese parliamentary candidates running in the general election and attended by an almost entirely Chinese audience, was an interesting if disappointing affair. Organised by bbcchina.com and bbcchinese.com, this was a much-needed initiative considering that Chinese are the third-biggest minority in the UK, but you

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Hollywood loses balls, actors find theirs: Golden Globes cancelled

Is that poor wee bairn, solidarity, raising its orphan head over in the City of Angels? Astoundingly, actors are refusing to cross the striking writers’ picket lines, meaning no designer frocks on loan, no goody bags and no awards ceremony as this year’s Golden Globes is cancelled. Instead, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organisation

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