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Theo Blackwell

Theo Blackwell

Theo Blackwell has been a Camden Labour Councillor from 2002 and a former Deputy Leader of the London Borough of Camden. He is a Modern History graduate with Masters in Political Thought and also in International Commercial Law.

He previously worked for Public Concern at Work, HM Solicitor General, The Work Foundation and the Social Market Foundation. A North Londoner (anglicised) born in New York, USA; Arsenal fan; lives and spends most of his time in Camden Town.

Theo's blog on local government politics has been running since 2006 and has held the new Conservative-Lib Dem coalition in Camden to task.

Posted on Jan 28, 2009 at 01:14pm

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Glocal action: Canadian tar oil fight taken to big oil AGMs

12:52 pm, Fri 11th Dec 2009
Glocal action: Canadian tar oil fight taken to big oil AGMs By Theo Blackwell Here in the UK, we don’t have to go too far back to see how the City can be rocked by poor decisions around financial investment and...
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Business or pleasure? Who paid for Daniel Hannan's trip abroad to badmouth the NHS?

4:48 pm, Fri 14th Aug 2009
Business or pleasure? Who paid for Daniel Hannan's trip abroad to badmouth the NHS? By Theo Blackwell David Cameron has tried to kill the Hannan-NHS story, but more questions surely need to be asked. The one that springs to mind is whether Hannan attacked...
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NHS attacked by the vicious right in Obama's health care battle

10:56 am, Tue 11th Aug 2009
NHS attacked by the vicious right in Obama's health care battle By Theo Blackwell Britain’s Nation Health Service is currently under attack in the United States by the Republican and right-wing attack-dogs in their opposition to Obama's health plans. Practically every...
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Act to help Labour in local government or risk lost generation

10:06 am, Tue 9th Jun 2009
By Theo Blackwell A rather patrician MP, I forget who (although I suspect Roy Jenkins), once counselled that the mark of a steadfast Prime Minister was to take a poor...
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Ten reasons we shouldn't look to America for healthcare advice

11:38 am, Mon 13th Apr 2009
Ten reasons we shouldn't look to America for healthcare advice By Theo Blackwell A rejoinder: Conservative representative Dan Hannan recently disparaged the National Health Service on Fox Television in the U.S. On April 6th he went even further on his...
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Congress paves way with 90% tax on unfair bonuses in bailout banks

1:40 pm, Fri 20th Mar 2009
Congress paves way with 90% tax on unfair bonuses in bailout banks By Theo Blackwell Perhaps it's the wrong time to suggest that we learn something about financial regulation from the United States. Maybe so, but it's worth pointing out that rather...
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Boris has left a £4m financial hole in King's Cross

10:17 am, Thu 26th Feb 2009
Boris has left a £4m financial hole in King's Cross By Theo Blackwell A massive £4 million cut has been served on successful jobs and training schemes in the King's Cross regeneration area in north London by Boris Johnson. As...
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Labour needs to get local and expose the Conservative record in power

1:15 pm, Wed 28th Jan 2009
Labour needs to get local and expose the Conservative record in power By Theo Blackwell Labour's record in power nationally needs to be juxtaposed with the record of Conservatives where they are in power at a local and county level and in...
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