ARE we entering a new terrain in British politics? Is it
possible that the remarks on the need for localism
by communities minister David Miliband and the report Power
to the People by Dame Helena Kennedys committee
on democracy, amount to a sea-change by the political class
that will bring politics back to the people?
It is difficult to doubt the good intentions of the Kennedy
committee capping donations to parties, state-funding
local parties, limiting the cross-ownership of the media and
giving more power to local authorities. >
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A misuse
of power to suspend Ken - As the person who was instrumental
in bringing the Anne Frank exhibition, the Anne Frank Declaration
and the play about... >
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Not racist
to laugh at religion - I am at a loss to understand the
statement in a letter you printed last week that the publication
of anti-Islamic cartoons is racist... >
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Living
don't want to mingle with the dead - THERE is nothing hysterical
or unbalanced about us not wanting to sleep next to a mortuary
(Mortuary at foot of garden... >
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Kids will benefit from budget - I am delighted that this
year Camden Councils budget will deliver significant investment
for children and families in Camden. >
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Five-year
warning of school-run end - Councillor Gerry Harrisons
outburst against independent schools and their alleged lack
of co-operation about school... >
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Politicians
have to represent us - COUNCILLOR John Mills (Dont
judge us by standards of Blair, February 16) clearly foresees
that Labour is going to take a... >
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