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Passing the time
Strangely the whole event seems sponsored by the Independent newspaper. All the Lib Dem workers are wearing Independent t-shirts and the editor chairs the Kennedy event. Wonder what happened to the founding principles of the Independent.The Times fringe with Simon Hughes and David Laws goes well and they combine well despite their well-known differences - they are from polar opposite wings of the party. Laws leaves in a hurry to avoid broadcasters who want to quiz him further about the Orange...
from : alistairdavidson
22nd September 2004
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Guest blogger number 4
The Greenhouse is going to be the place to be next week... you won't even need to go to Brighton. Just heard that we've got another guest blogger for Labour Party Conference in the form of Douglas Alexander MP. Douglas is member of parliament for Paisley South and Minster of State at the Foreign Office. He also wrote the foreword to the Demos pamphlet Open Source Democracy.
from : paulmiller
21st September 2004
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Guest Blogger Number 3
The quest for interesting people to blog the party conferences continues apace. The next guest blogger to agree to join the Greenhouse is Chris Holt from Cafod. She'll just be going to Labour Party Conference but will have a different perspective as she's part of the team who will be organising the Trade Justice Movement demo on the beach on Sunday afternoon.
from : paulmiller
20th September 2004
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After the Party - 28/09/04
We'll be doing an event at the fringe of Labour Party conference called After the Party. Details are:6-8pm, Tues 28th Sept 04Sussex Arts Club, 7 Ship Street, BrightonDouglas Alexander MP, Kierra Box - co-founder of 'Hands up for Peace', Tessa Jowell MP, Martin Kettle - The Guardian, David Lammy MP and Hilary Wainwright - Author of 'Reclaim The State'.The subject will be the implications of the decline of political parties and the rise of new forms of non-party political organisation. We also...
from : paulmiller
9th September 2004
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First Greenhouse Guest Blogger
So it sounds like wifi might be a gogo for Labour Party Conference at the end of the month enabling us to do a bit of Brighton blogging.The pressure is on as it emerges that Labour hasn't given any press passes to bloggers.We've also had our first offer of guest blogger for the Greenhouse in the form of David Lammy MP - I'll do a proper introduction nearer the time. Hopefully he's the first of many.
from : paulmiller
3rd September 2004
