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Going into Labour?
The Common Good, Issue 199 (Winter 2008/09)
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| | CSM and the Labour Party | | The nature of the Christian Socialist Movement’s relationship with the Labour Party has provoked controversy in the past and is something that we will always struggle with. There are members who have advocated continuing a close relationship with Labour.
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| | Jonathan Cox |
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| | Avoiding Scapegoats | | Talk for more than a couple of minutes with anyone who works in the City and you will sense a dark cloud of gloom descend upon the conversation. The scale of the financial crisis that has hit the world remains hard to describe.
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| | Stephen Beer |
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| | New Economics | | The “nanny state” has had to step in and we now observe the struggles going on between the financiers who strode the globe, the governments cleaning up the mess and the masses of individuals, who are the most vulnerable.
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| | Anthony Sperryn |
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| | The Party Isn’t Over... | | Christianity has had its fair share of visionaries, men and women with a clear idea of how the world could be a better, fairer and more peaceful place. And we Christian Socialists are the present-day bearers of their torch.
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| | Andrew Bradstock |
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| | Arthur Henderson and Methodism | | As Labour’s first cabinet minister, their most revered Foreign Secretary, and a Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Arthur Henderson (1863-1935) is a hard act to follow as Member of Parliament for Barnard Castle and Bishop Auckland.
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| | Helen Goodman MP |
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| | Facing challenges: Notes from the Chair | | Do politics and religion mix, or should they be kept separate? Well, Christians who believe in the politics of social justice say loud and clear that they cannot be kept apart.
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| | Alun Michael MP |
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| | A Personal Journey | | When someone asks me, “Why do you support the Labour party?” I often have a set thing I schpiel off about how The Labour party stands for fairness, equality, standing up for those without a voice etc.
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| | Suzy Stride |
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 | | Will the Left get it? | | In his book God’s Politics Jim Wallis' subtitle is “Why the American Right Gets it Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It”. Over the last few years I think the left in the UK may have drifted into a similar position.
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| | Andy Reed MP |
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