Brown is not Barack Obama

LabourList contributor Bryony King reckons that The Sun’s support for Conservatives isn’t a worrying matter for Gordon Brown. She believes that Labour can rely on the internet to bring them in votes: “If we want to forget about The Sun, which I’m sure we all do, then we need to switch our focus to the internet and to the front line. Elections are won by people, not papers, and we need to...
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Supermarket values and cheap booze

I was very disappointed to see a full page advertisement in the national press today by Tesco promoting 1 litre of spirits for £10 – a whopping 75% reduction; this is even cheaper than duty free prices from what I remember over the summer. If highly profitable stores can slash its prices like this, why don’t they act responsibly and offer this kind of generous saving on quality foods for...
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