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"What is the use of being elected or re-elected unless you stand for something?" - Grover Cleveland   View this email in your browser Will Yvette Cooper ever tell us what she really thinks? With the Labour leadership contest dragging on (and on) we a take a look at Yvette Cooper's interview with the Today programme and ask why the shadow home secretary refuses to divulge what she really thinks about anything, and instead just reels off a series of platitudes. Presumably she is hoping that by offending as few people as possible she will gain enough second preference votes to win the contest. But surely Labour members have a right to know what they are actually voting for. Elsewhere, three politicians are today challenging in court the use of blanket surveillance of British citizens by the intelligence service. Caroline Lucas, Jenny Jones and George Galloway say the blanket collection of electronic 'metadata' breaches the "Wilson Doctrine" which forbids the interception of communication between MPs and their constituents.    Latest Articles     Yvette Cooper's campaign is just a string of platitudes   On Jul 23, 2015 10:02 am The shadow home secretary has political smarts - but she's keeping them to herself Read more... »       Blanket surveillance of UK citizens to be challenged in court     On Jul 23, 2015 08:22 am Intelligence programmes uncovered by Edward Snowden could breach the 'Wilson doctrine' Read more... »     Opinion Former videos   What is the state of customer satisfaction in the UK?   On Jul 15, 2015 01:31 pm The latest measure of customer satisfaction in the UK shows that it remained flat in the first half of 2015. Read more... » More than half of Brits are harmed by other people's drinking   On Jul 13, 2015 12:04 pm More than half of Scots and three-quarters of people from North West England are harmed by another person's drinking, according to a new report released today. Read more... »   Opinion Formers articles     Trade Union bill is 'an attack on all working people' The Tories' latest attacks on Trade Unions are about as vindictive and nasty as they could possibly get, and go further than even Thatcher would have dared. Read more... »   The urgent need for the UK to raise its game on number and data skills Can we ever get to a position where people across the UK are proud of their fluency with numbers, and where no-one will say unashamedly that 'I can't do maths'? Read more... »   Opinion Formers press releases     CIOB shines a light on the dark side of construction Today, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has launched a report which shines a light on the prevalence of human rights abuses in construction – in almost every corner of the globe. Read more... »   Trophies back on board as South African Airways cans its ban South African Airways has back pedaled on its three month old ban on the transportation of rhino, elephant, lion and tiger hunting trophies, quietly announcing on a "need to know" basis that they were back in business to handle the gory cargo. Read more... »       Facebook Twitter Website Copyright © 2015 Politics.co.uk (Adfero Media Ltd), All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at www.politics.co.uk Our mailing address is: Politics.co.uk (Adfero Media Ltd) 501 Metropolitan Wharf Building 70 Wapping Wall London, E1W 3SS United Kingdom Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences