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OK Stoke Central Let's Sex It Up!

18 Mar 2010
OK here's the thing - I've been thinking, [dangerous I know!] it's time to sex this Stoke-on-Trent Central malarkey up a bit! I mean we have had the bad blood, we have had the sarcastic comments, now it's time to put some rock 'n' roll into the proceedings. It's quite obvious now that there are two opposing factions in the race to become Stoke-on-Trent Centrals next Labour MP.
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The Poverty Trap and Citizen's Income

18 Mar 2010
There are moments in your life when things happen which cause you to question your opinions and why you believe in the things that you believe in. Such a moment happened yesterday when I was working as a volunteer at a CAB. I do a few hours a week usually on a Wednesday or a Saturday and I usually enjoy the challenge
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Shiny Happy People

18 Mar 2010
We had a press release from the council mailed to us yesterday about the new Inward Investment Team. Along with all the PR guff about this new team and the trip to Cannes for some trade show, there was an image attached. This image was untitled but shows what we think is a mock up of the interior of the East West Centre.
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Hollow Cannes Laughter

18 Mar 2010
The Sentinel carried the story that a delegation of officers and councillors will be attending the Cannes MIPIM trade exposition for a third time. In 2008 the elected Mayor Mark Meredith received a great deal of criticism for attending the event and was quoted that the convention provided the opportunity for Stoke and the regeneration agency to show case the opportunities that existed in the area for developers.
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Requiem for a City

17 Mar 2010
I watched an excellent as well as sobering documentary last night on I Player. The documentary, which was originally on BBC2 last weekend, chronicled the decline of a great American city Detroit. Detroit at one point after the Second World War was the 4th largest city in the States. It’s now the 11th although its population continues to fall. For a period of 60 years Detroit reigned supreme as the car making capital of the world a position.
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The Names In The Frame - But Beware Of Who Comes Up On The Rails!

16 Mar 2010
Now that the dust is settling on the news that Stoke-on-Trent Central MP Mark Fisher is to step down on health grounds, names are emerging thick and fast for the vacancy As previously reported on this site City Labour Party Chair Sarah Hill and Election Organiser Jane Heggie were the first names to be linked.
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Keele and Staffs University Heads paid more than PM

15 Mar 2010
Interesting piece in the Guardian today about the pay of University Vice Chancellors. The highest paid academic’s income has massively increased in the last few years far out stripping the increase in lecturer’s pay.
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Tories' flaunt their true colours and trample over the exploited

15 Mar 2010
The Vulture Funds Bill was blocked at its third reading by a single Conservative MP in the House of Commons on Friday. It’s not clear which of three MPs, including deputy Chief Whip Andrew Robatham, shouted ‘object’ to block the bill. They were huddled together, but refused to admit which of them it was. There is now unlikely to be time to pass the bill before the general election.
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Youth Hustings event a great success

12 Mar 2010
Last night I attended the Youth Hustings event organised by the YMCA. Firstly I’d like to congratulate Nicky Twemlow of the YMCA for organising such a great event for the young people of the city.
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Niccolo Machiavelli and Stoke Central

12 Mar 2010
I ought to explain who Niccolo Machiavelli was. No he is not a footballer or a mobster although his reputation is a dire one and rests on one gift that he gave the man he was serving in Florence Cesare Borgia. Its a small book called the Prince.
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