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The Marple Leaf: The best question I was asked during the campaign and the answer was Manchester, not Labour
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Sunday, May 17, 2015. The best question I was asked during the campaign and the answer was Manchester, not Labour. I did a session with about 100 students at Stockport College during the election campaign. On reflection, in so many ways, it was my favourite meeting of all, despite Labour getting a rough ride from some of the audience. Partly this was because I was asked, probably the best question of the whole campaign, and it was this: "why do you think there will be good jobs for people like us? We sti...
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The Marple Leaf: Summer reading special - are the characters in 40 by 40 real?
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Thursday, July 30, 2015. Summer reading special - are the characters in 40 by 40 real? Roger Cashmore, the central character in 40 by 40, is obviously fictional. But there are truths in his persona. People tell me they know who it is based on. And they are right. Even if it's a different person every time. One of the key lines in one of my favourite films is: "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled, was convincing the world he didn't exist.". Why include real people and situations? Two things, making h...
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The Marple Leaf: September 2014
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Saturday, September 20, 2014. I've done two blogs on the Scottish referendum result and the aftermath. One is more normal Downtown Friday blog, which is here. There has been an awful lot of hyperbole amongst think tankers and pundits about the triumphs of the Manchester experiment. But it would be wholly wrong to equate this with any kind of awakening of a civic mood for independence. Then I was guest commentator on Prolific North, the media news website. Do we have respect for the institutions of power,...
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The Marple Leaf: November 2014
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Saturday, November 29, 2014. The scandal of Bredbury Hall and the bad banks. I wish I had a pound for every time I've been asked if I miss being a frontline business journalist. I don't, but I recalled the best of times this week when I watched BBC Panorama on Monday night about how Lloyds Bank treated Bredbury Hall Hotel (left). There was also a terrific investigative story on The Business Desk by James Graham. On Panorama the BBC's Andy Verity. For all his rhetoric Liberal Democrat Business Secretary V...
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The Marple Leaf: Labour: scrutinise Corbynomics, mellow Kendall, substance please fromthe other two
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Monday, August 03, 2015. Labour: scrutinise Corbynomics, mellow Kendall, substance please from the other two. Our leadership voting packs will drop on our doormats soon - though knowing the Labour Party it will probably be an email. The hustings for leadership are over and the decision time is nigh. Here are three things I'd like to happen regarding the candidates. Some of this isn't her fault, but there is a tonal problem. Kevin Meaghar nails this in a Labour Uncut piece here. I fear it may be too late.
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The Marple Leaf: February 2015
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Friday, February 20, 2015. Back to the Eighties with Chelsea. The revulsion and shock at the antics of Chelsea's throwback mob on the Paris Metro proves one thing: we've come a long, long way. But it has brought back some horrific memories of their fans and what it was like going to football when I was a lad. There's tales of growing up in the North aplenty in the book I published a couple of years ago, Northern Monkeys. Where he met the Chelsea mob at an England away game in Istanbul in 1984. The au...
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The Marple Leaf: For the party, for the country, Deputy Flint
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015. For the party, for the country, Deputy Flint. Caroline meets the Taylors. We have much to take from this election, if nothing else some valuable lessons about why people DON’T consider voting Labour. Afterall, in Hazel Grove we talked to many more Tories than most Labour campaigners and so feel we understand some core issues about what cost us. Jonny Reynolds MP, also with family. We can’t give up – we must never give up. In every council ward in the country there are probably 1...
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The Marple Leaf: Penistone Literary Festival and a few questions about the book
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Saturday, July 11, 2015. Penistone Literary Festival and a few questions about the book. There's something really exhilarating about book festivals and author events - I go to a fair few myself, so it was great today to be at the front doing a reading from my book, 40 by 40, and taking questions in my slot at the Penistone Literary Festival. I'm going to be speaking at an event called Darkness and Decadence with Lynn Gerrard on the 24th of July at the Nexus Cafe as part of the Manchester Fringe Festival.
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