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Gabe Trodd

Gabe Trodd

Gabe is an activist, blogger and member of the Labour Party.  He previously worked as a policy advisor at the Criminal Law Policy Unit, part of the Ministry of Justice, and as a Communications Officer at the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. Gabe also has experience as an executive at a leading international public affairs firm, and as an animal and environment conservationist.  In 2009, he launched the Stand Up Tall Project, an independent, progressive, political initiative, which seeks out discussion, understanding and action on crime, its underlying causes and its coverage.

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Wise spending on the education budget? Faith schools must be phased out

Wise spending on the education budget? Faith schools must be phased out By Gabe Trodd Ed Balls has announced that education spending could be cut by £2bn by streamlining procurements, cutting senior staff and restraining pay, although there are no plans to...
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Tory blood sports exposed: a summary of the web of deceit

Tory blood sports exposed: a summary of the web of deceit By Gabe Trodd A new website has been launched by Tory strategists, gravely concerned by the potential public relations fallout from their undercover plans to reintroduce fox hunting, stag hunting,...
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Targeted badger culling - the significance of new Tory assaults on Labour’s animal welfare legislation

Targeted badger culling - the significance of new Tory assaults on Labour’s animal welfare legislation By Gabe Trodd Following last month’s revelations about the Conservatives’ secret new blueprint to turn back the clocks on Labour’s 2004 Hunting Act, with the launch of a significant new...
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The disgraceful new Tory blueprint to resurrect hunting

The disgraceful new Tory blueprint to resurrect hunting By Gabe Trodd Sickening details of the Conservatives’ plans to reintroduce hunting foxes, stags and other animals have been revealed over the weekend. Labour’s flagship 2004 Hunting Act had previously...
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It's time to get excited about British onshore wind energy

It's time to get excited about British onshore wind energy By Gabe Trodd Labour must develop and come to terms with how we feel, as a party, about onshore wind energy. The recent discussions about Vestas and the outlook for...
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Labour’s winds of change: it’s time to nationalise the Vestas Isle of Wight turbine factory

Labour’s winds of change: it’s time to nationalise the Vestas Isle of Wight turbine factory By Gabe Trodd The red-green dissent and action over the imminent closure of the Vestas’ turbine manufacturing factory on the Isle of Wight is brightly gathering momentum, and from whatever...
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Chris Grayling: opportunism, scaremongering, political positioning and youth crime gimmicks at Comment is Free

Chris Grayling: opportunism, scaremongering, political positioning and youth crime gimmicks at Comment is Free By Gabe Trodd Earlier this week, Chris Grayling’s proposals for those involved in anti-social behaviour to have their mobile phones confiscated, aimed at helping "disrupt" gang activity and making a...
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Less of the 'rebel' and more of the 'cause'

Less of the 'rebel' and more of the 'cause' By Gabe Trodd re·bel intr.v. re·belled, re·bel·ling, re·bels 1. To refuse allegiance to and oppose by force an established government or ruling authority. 2. To resist or defy an authority...
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It's good to talk rubbish

It's good to talk rubbish By Gabe Trodd I’d like to see the red of LabourList tinged with green over the next year. Because let’s face it, the most pressing global political issues for the...
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What is it about Parliament and its servants that stirs up an accepted, automatic and mandatory bile?

What is it about Parliament and its servants that stirs up an accepted, automatic and mandatory bile? By Gabe Trodd Yesterday’s announcements on electoral reform are exciting, but as Rory Bremner made abundantly clear in this week’s episode of Bremner, Bird & Fortune (the Blame Game), Britain...
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