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Alex Smith

Alex Smith Profile Alex Smith is editor of LabourList and a council candidate for Labour for St George's ward in Islington.

He spent 2007-2008 in the United States, working in New York and volunteering on the Obama campaign in Brooklyn. He later devised and directed the independent, grassroots organisation Drive for Obama.

Alex has written on British and American politics for Progress, Compass and Total Politics magazine as well as for Progressive London, the Government Gazette and House Magazine on policy and web campaigning.

Posted on Jan 01, 1970 at 01:00am

Alex Smith's latest posts

Vote NHS: Labour's health guarantees

3:37 pm, Tue 9th Feb 2010
Vote NHS: Labour's health guarantees By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 At a press conference at Labour head office this morning, Andy Burnham launched the new VoteNHS website to support the "target cancer" campaign. The campaign...
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MPs ready to vote on AV referendum - 8 in the morning, February 9th

8:00 am, Tue 9th Feb 2010
MPs ready to vote on AV referendum - 8 in the morning, February 9th By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * As many as 40 Labour MPs will rebel on the AV vote today, though the PM is still expected to win it. * In...
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Poll List: Populus poll points to hung parliament

11:43 pm, Mon 8th Feb 2010
Poll List: Populus poll points to hung parliament By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 A new Populus poll for Tuesday's Times shows "the race between the Conservatives and Labour has tightened this year and voters increasingly [33%] expect a...
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Miliband and Jowell join forces to meet the mutual moment

11:05 pm, Mon 8th Feb 2010
Miliband and Jowell join forces to meet the mutual moment By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 In a signal that Labour is serious about mutual ideas underpinning its election manifesto, Tessa Jowell and Ed Miliband gathered at Downing Street today with...
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The change we choose

7:38 pm, Mon 8th Feb 2010
The change we choose By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Here's a new video highlighting some of Labour's achievements over the past thirteen years, taken from Gordon Brown's speech to Party conference last year. You can...
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Labour steps up MumsNet campaigning with ad attacking Tory child tax credit plans

5:54 pm, Mon 8th Feb 2010
Labour steps up MumsNet campaigning with ad attacking Tory child tax credit plans By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Two weeks ago, Ben Furber wrote on LabourList that MumsNet was likely to be a key political battleground in the 2010 election. Today, Labour stepped...
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Ed Balls invites local authorities to bid for money for universal free school meals pilots

11:43 am, Mon 8th Feb 2010
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Last week, the secretary of state for children, schools and families, Ed Balls, announced that the DCSF was inviting all local authorities to bid for...
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Cameron's "personal attack" on Brown - 8 in the morning, February 8th

8:27 am, Mon 8th Feb 2010
Cameron's "personal attack" on Brown - 8 in the morning, February 8th By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 * David Cameron has "personally attacked" Gordon Brown as a "shameless" defender of the old elite. * The budget has been pencilled in for late...
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Brown made 150 phone calls since the turn of the year on Northern Irish power sharing

10:38 am, Sun 7th Feb 2010
Brown made 150 phone calls since the turn of the year on Northern Irish power sharing By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 The Observer has a comprehensive interview with Gordon Brown this morning, in which the Prime Minister talks about his role in the recent Northern Irish...
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Poll List: Tories down again as Labour gain

9:49 am, Sun 7th Feb 2010
Poll List: Tories down again as Labour gain By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 A new ICM poll for today's Sunday Telegraph shows the Tories down one point to 39%, with Labour gaining one point and raising to 30%....
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