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<title>[Blogs] Madness in Madchester</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Why oh why are the labour councils in Manchester hell bent on introducing the congestion charge? Can't they tell when something has the potential to be the poll tax of the next decade? Sure there will be public transport improvements but when you look at the proposals in details some places will get a few extra carriages on trains and more buses. Some places will get little more than refurbished stations! Hardly the kind of massive investment that will tempt people out of their cars. Manchester isn't London- there simply aren't the same level of public transport options (and still won't be after the investment) and for many commuters none of the improvements will actually be made to public transport they can access as they live too far away. So I reckon there will be a lot of people who will be forced to pay&nbsp;the charge, will have no say in the matter and will have nothing positive to show for it. There are at least 10 labour mp's with majorities of&nbsp;around 5,000 or less who will have voters potentially effected by the scheme and who will resent paying an extra &pound;6 a day just to get to work! We've got a hard enough job at the next election without schemes like this which will drive (pardon the pun) people into the arms of the opposition. <BR><A 
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<title>[Blogs] The death of the labour party?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Rule changes agreed last year regarding female candidate selections in local government elections are having a damaging effect on local parties. This rule is far more divisive and destructive than anything I have seen for a long time. Congress passed a rule last year stating that all winnable local election seats should be contested by at least 50% women. In my area this has led to hard working and previously loyal male councillors being deselected and replaced by, in some instances, candidates with little or no support within the local branch. We've already seen some councillors go independent, others will no doubt sit on their hands when it comes to delivering the leaflets and I wouldn't want to be a candidate in Easington where the whole CLP has been suspended! This rule may well have been borne of good intentions but its effect so far has been to deplete still further our diminishing ranks. MP's,ministers and the NEC need to sit up and take notice of this rule and get it changed before our core goes below a sustainable level! <BR><A 
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