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Richard Darlington

Richard Darlington is Head of the Open Left project at Demos.

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Posted on Jun 16, 2010 at 10:50am


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Immigration is not just a Daily Mail issue

1:07 pm, Mon 23rd Aug 2010
Immigration is not just a Daily Mail issue By Richard Darlington It’s very disconcerting when you inspire a Daily Mail leader by publishing research. As with most Daily Mail leaders, the facts are squeezed to fit the frame...
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Labour needs more than just a new leader

5:45 pm, Thu 5th Aug 2010
Labour needs more than just a new leader By Richard Darlington Labour’s brand is in toxic territory and it’s going to take more than just a new leader to win a General Election again. That’s the only conclusion...
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Ideas not personality should top Labour agenda

5:22 pm, Thu 15th Jul 2010
Ideas not personality should top Labour agenda By Richard Darlington The media are finally switching on to Labour’s leadership campaign. This week the BBC is running a series of films by Laura Kuenssberg and the Today programme...
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Labour are still in search of the ‘Big Idea’

8:45 am, Fri 9th Jul 2010
Labour are still in search of the ‘Big Idea’ By Richard Darlington It’s often noted that nobody voted for a coalition government and that no one voted for the cuts in the budget. But we have to accept that...
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Rights at work should be back on Labour's agenda

2:36 pm, Thu 1st Jul 2010
Rights at work should be back on Labour's agenda By Richard Darlington This week, Ed Miliband backed the idea of extending the right to request flexible working to “every worker, not just those caring for families”. This is an...
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Death and taxes

9:58 am, Thu 24th Jun 2010
Death and taxes By Richard Darlington Two things in life are inevitable, said Benjamin Franklin: death and taxes. The Tories campaigned against ‘Labour’s Death Tax’ and against ‘Labour’s Job Tax’. But Labour left...
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Last night's debate was a missed opportunity for Newsnight and for the candidates

11:02 am, Wed 16th Jun 2010
Last night's debate was a missed opportunity for Newsnight and for the candidates By Richard Darlington Yesterday I predicted Newsnight could produce a Gillian Duffy/Sharon Storer/Joe the Plumber moment. I was wrong. Last night’s Newsnight Labour Leader’s debate was summed up by this...
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