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Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist, formerly BBC social affairs editor. Her latest book, with David Walker is The Verdict - Did Labour Change Britain?
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RT @TedCantle: Shouldn't talk about 'Muslim community' as though it is homogeneous. Media should see diversity within; no one person speak…
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Mervyn King's housing warning is too little, too late
guardian.co.uk — The French call it l'esprit de l'escalier, that brilliant thought on the way out, too late for some brilliant aperçu. Alas, that is Sir Mervyn King's parting contribution as he warns that the Help to Buy scheme risks setting off a housing bubble.
RT @ProgressOnline: MT @LabourHistory: Hear Giles Radice, @spellar @andymcsmith & @pollytoynbee remember the 1983 election, June 11 http://…
Never again: What are the lessons from the 1983 election 30 years on?
progressonline.org.uk — 6pm Tuesday 11 June | Committee Room 9, House of Commons Never again: What are the lessons from the 1983 election 30 years on? Three decades on from Labour's historic defeat under Michal Foot, Progress and the Labour History Group have organised a debate to look at the lessons from that disastrous election that are still relevant today, with accounts from a panel of people who were there at the time and witnessed event first hand.
RT @HackneyAbbott: Jeremy Hunt refuses to take responsibility for current problems in Accident & Emergency Services. Blames GPs #savetheNHS
English and German
bbc.co.uk — At the Brighton Festival, Michael Rosen and guests debate our linguistic ties with German.
RT @KateGreenSU: Just spoke at the dispatch box in support of legal recognition for humanist marriages.
Watch the debate live: http://t.co/…
RT @ChrisBryantMP: Tony Baldry should be aware that the Bishop of Chester supports humanist marriages.
RT @sscthinktank: @pollytoynbee on #helptobuy today gu.com/p/3gxmd/tw Also check out the @sscthinktank and @shelter public debate http…
Mervyn King's housing warning is too little, too late
guardian.co.uk — The French call it l'esprit de l'escalier, that brilliant thought on the way out, too late for some brilliant aperçu. Alas, that is Sir Mervyn King's parting contribution as he warns that the Help to Buy scheme risks setting off a housing bubble.
Help to Who? Using the state to Help to Buy
eventbrite.co.uk — A public debate on the government's Help to Buy scheme.
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