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James Mills

James Mills is the former chair of the St Andrews Labour Club, former Parliamentary Researcher to Margaret Curran MSP and now works as the Parliamentary Researcher to John Robertson MP. Previously, he interned at the Guardian, the Fabian Society and Progress.

James Mills

Posted on Feb 20, 2009 at 02:40pm

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It's time for all parties to be clear on EMA funding

11:57 am, Fri 19th Mar 2010
It's time for all parties to be clear on EMA funding By James Mills / @SaveEMA This week in the House of Commons the NUS, in collaboration with the Save EMA campaign, launched the EMA Satisfaction Survey 2010, which highlights the...
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Rage: this campaign can teach us something

12:00 pm, Mon 21st Dec 2009
Rage: this campaign can teach us something By James Mills Last week, some Labour colleagues moaned to me about the Rage Aganist the Machine Christmas Number 1 campaign; “It won’t work” or “They are no better than...
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"They're not progressive at all, they're completely conservative": The Heydon Prowse interview

10:51 am, Wed 25th Nov 2009
"They're not progressive at all, they're completely conservative": The Heydon Prowse interview UPDATE: Further to the comments below and on Tory Bear, we would like to point out that the reference to the Chair and Vice Chair of Conservative Future in the...
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Labour has a good record on defence - and we should be proud of talking about it

11:11 am, Fri 9th Oct 2009
Labour has a good record on defence - and we should be proud of talking about it By James Mills This week we have seen the Tories bring defence to the battlements of the political debate with General Dannatt joining the Conservatives' front bench and Cameron using...
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Bring Cricket back to the People

11:29 am, Mon 24th Aug 2009
Bring Cricket back to the People By James Mills England has won the Ashes! But while we revel in this feat the fact is that there were probably more Australian than English viewers watching the Ashes...
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All presumptions about Iran are drawn down as we witness people just like us battered - but what about the other Iran?

5:20 pm, Wed 17th Jun 2009
All presumptions about Iran are drawn down as we witness people just like us battered - but what about the other Iran? By James Mills What has struck me most about the demonstrations in Iran following the elections is the use of the Internet by those involved in the protests. Iranian friends...
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Mousavi could be the change the whole world needs

1:17 pm, Fri 12th Jun 2009
Mousavi could be the change the whole world needs By James Millls Today Iranians are at the ballot box choosing who they wish to represent them. I know our society is more liberally tolerant even though we too have...
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We screwed up on the Gurkhas - but don't forget the difference we've made up to now

10:53 am, Thu 30th Apr 2009
We screwed up on the Gurkhas - but don't forget the difference we've made up to now By James Mills What stunned me the most about this issue was the number of people whose status on my Facebook mini feed has declared support for the Gurkhas. People...
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Britain has to look back before it can look forward if it hopes to build diplomatic relations with Iran

2:50 pm, Fri 20th Feb 2009
Britain has to look back before it can look forward if it hopes to build diplomatic relations with Iran By James Mills Last week saw the thirtieth anniversary of the Iranian revolution and this week sees the start of an exhibition at the British Museum on Shah Abbas I...
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