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Rotten apples and dictator mayors

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Ian Blair: faux-liberal

James Turley assesses the politics around Sir Ian Blair's resignation Ian Blair: faux-liberalLast week's resignation of Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Ian Blair followed a long period of mounting controversies. He had been ‘encouraged' to depart (he was the first commissioner to resign since 1918) by Boris Johnson, the London mayor, who argues that it is time for ...

Tory ‘march on Rome’

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First published in the Weekly Worker May 1st The Tories are a far bigger threat than BNP, says James Turley The numbers speak for themselves: across the country, 12 local councils have passed into the overall control of the Conservatives, who now hold 65 in total to Labour's 18. The Tories are the largest fraction (though nevertheless ...