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Rowenna Davis

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The poster for Ken Loach's "The Spirit of '45", which Curzon cinemas are celebra
No "spirit of 45" for the workers at the liberal intelligentsia's favourite cinemas
By Rowenna Davis - 02 April 10:49

The workers at the Curzon cinemas are turning to unions to help challenge their poor wages and zero-hours contracts.

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John O'Farrell and Harriet Harman on the campaign trail in Eastleigh.
Report from Eastleigh: Apathy is the watchword of the doorstep
By Rowenna Davis - 14 February 15:22

Rowenna Davis says she's never canvassed anywhere so undecided.

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A porter pushes resuscitation equipment down a corridor at Lewisham Hospital
Lewisham: the most irrational, irresponsible hospital to cut
By Rowenna Davis - 21 January 17:14

To cut this well-performing hospital would be to reward failure and punish success.

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Will this be a wake-up call for Westminster? Photograph: Getty Images
The debt collector's hammering at the front door. Will this be a wake-up call for Westminster?
By Rowenna Davis - 07 January 16:24

Unexpected people are struggling. The middle is getting closer to the bottom. So what is the way out?

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Volunteers put a selection of tinned food together at a food bank
How food banks became mainstream: the new reality of the working poor
By Rowenna Davis - 17 December 10:10

We should support food banks, but our aim - through things like the living wage - should be to wipe them out.

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Ed Miliband and shadow chancellor Ed Balls.Photograph: Getty Images.
Labour should respond to Osborne's benefits cuts with a jobs guarantee
By Rowenna Davis - 07 December 16:11

A jobs guarantee would allow Labour to defend benefits from a position that resonates with the public.

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London lit up red for World Aids Day 2012. (Getty.)
Living with HIV just got harder
By Rowenna Davis - 01 December 19:31

The real impact of welfare cuts.

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The Port of Dover
Blue Labour, Maurice Glasman and the fight for the "People's Port"
By Rowenna Davis - 09 November 14:28

Glasman's Blue Labour movement has found a cause in the fight to stop the Port of Dover being privatised.

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Ford will be closing plants in Southampton and Dagenham next year
Hundreds of jobs are axed by Ford, and we're letting them get away with it
By Rowenna Davis - 08 November 11:51

Our current industrial strategy is allowing the company to undermine public trust.

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Former deputy prime minister John Prescott.
Ten reasons why police commissioner elections leave us cold
By Rowenna Davis - 24 October 10:41

The elections offer little more than an expensive way of leaving us all more disillusioned.

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Queen guitarist Brian May speaks with protestors. Photograph: Getty Images.
The left's opposition to badger culls ignores the plight of our farmers
By Rowenna Davis - 19 October 9:16

Rural workers' livelihoods are being devastated by TB. Labour should come to their defence.

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Balloons featuring images of Chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne
Meet the Tories the left should be frightened of
By Rowenna Davis - 09 October 14:09

Luckily for Ed Miliband, the Conservative Party is unlikely to listen to the Tories with One Nation vision.

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A ferry sails past the Port of Dover
What became of Blue Labour?
By Rowenna Davis - 30 September 11:08

A year later, there's barely a sight of the buzzword. But its ideas live on, writes Rowenna Davis.

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Language learning under the cosh. Photograph, Getty Images.
Why is the government ripping into language learning?
By Rowenna Davis - 13 September 17:58

It's culturally insulting that only classical and modern language GCSEs count towards Michael Gove’s new English Baccalaureate.

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Farmers protest EU agricultural policies. Photograph: Getty Images
If Labour cares so much about the price of milk, why doesn't it join with dairy farmers?
By Rowenna Davis - 12 July 16:19

Milk has been over the news recently, but there's a silence on the left over the plight of its creators.

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David Cameron talks to young people at a careers centre in Hammersmith
How young people can hurt the coalition
By Rowenna Davis - 29 June 10:23

Under 25s are a much greater electoral force than they realise.

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The European Union flag is visible through tree branches
Eurozone soap opera reveals a damaged relationship with markets
By Rowenna Davis - 22 June 10:25

Democracies need to get some self-respect.

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A BetFred shop in Central London
Spread of betting shops shows the coalition's failure on growth
By Rowenna Davis - 21 June 8:57

BetFred and others are favoured by licensing laws that are weighted against communities.

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A royal supporter waits outside Buckingham Palace. Photograph: Getty Images
Can lefties do Britishness?
By Rowenna Davis - 15 June 12:16

We shouldn’t be afraid to ground our political vision in an idea of Britain, of who we are and what kind of society we want to build.

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Dole Queue
The battle to protect workers' rights is only beginning
By Rowenna Davis - 26 May 12:00

The Lib Dems' intention to block the worst of the Beecroft report does not diminish the urgency of t

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Donations of food are stacked on shelves at a foodbank centre in Salisubury.
The rise and rise of the food bank
By Rowenna Davis - 12 May 10:34

They call it a "bank" for a reason.

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New Statesman
The case against being "anti-politics"
By Rowenna Davis - 03 May 8:06

A system with fewer people voting is often in the interests of the politicians you’re supposed to ha

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Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has presided over cuts to courts
Our magistrates' courts are being decimated by cuts. The Tories should be ashamed of themselves
By Rowenna Davis - 29 April 0:05

There’s a horrible irony about a justice system that is supposed to make us safer leaving us more vu

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Labour needs to rediscover its conservatism
By Rowenna Davis - 20 April 14:24

The party used to care more about family, high streets, order and community.

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Lessons for Labour from Bradford West
By Rowenna Davis - 02 April 10:24

Respect won because its campaign was rooted in the heart and soul of Bradford.

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High Streets First: a response to Eric Pickles
By Rowenna Davis - 29 March 17:29

Don't be fooled by claims that the number of betting shops is decreasing.

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The silent crisis engulfing our pubs
By Rowenna Davis - 12 March 12:17

Pub workers are battling against a corrupt set of markets rigged against them.

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The progressive case against Lords reform
By Rowenna Davis - 02 March 11:26

We know democracy is deeper than elections. We should honour that.

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What community organising can teach workfare
By Rowenna Davis - 23 February 15:30

The left can't afford to seem snobby about opportunities, but employers have obligations too.

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An open letter to Eric Pickles
By Rowenna Davis - 13 February 16:09

People are losing control of the public spaces they love. Give local councils a say over betting sho

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