Mike Ion was Labour's PPC for Shrewsbury in 2005 and writes for Comment is Free, Progress and Tribune. He runs his own blog, which can be read here.
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Proposal #7: End hospital car parking charges in England
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon This article was first published on LabourList on September 10th, 2009. I live close to my local hospital in Telford. It is situated 5 miles...Read 'Proposal #7: End hospital car parking charges in England' >
Labour should seek to end hospital car park charges in England
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon I live close to my local hospital in Telford. It is situated 5 miles away from the town centre and is primarily surrounded by fields...Read 'Labour should seek to end hospital car park charges in England' >
Labour needs to learn to love Academies
By Mike Ion / @mikeion Academies work. A brief analysis of this year’s results indicates that the proportion of pupils gaining 5 or more A*-C grades in academies has increased...Read 'Labour needs to learn to love Academies' >
For many middle class bloggers and journalists, voting against Labour is a luxury they can indulge
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Reading various blogs, websites and newspapers over the summer one cannot help but be struck by the number of so called left-leaning commentators who have...Read 'For many middle class bloggers and journalists, voting against Labour is a luxury they can indulge' >
18 is a progressive number
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Once we get through the silly season, when various newspapers publish lists of the ‘best’ and the ‘worst’ secondary schools in the country we will,...Read '18 is a progressive number' >
Progressive Tory education policy: subsidise private schools with taxpayers' money
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Tory controlled Bromley council is considering using taxpayers' money to subsidise private school pupils whose parents may be struggling to pay the average £12,000 annual...Read 'Progressive Tory education policy: subsidise private schools with taxpayers' money' >
The Tory MP who wants a referendum on Lisbon Treaty but would not let the people decide on electoral reform
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Daniel Daniel Kawczynski MP is the MP for Shrewsbury - I was his Labour oppnent in 2005. Mr Kawczynski holds some rather traditional Tory views...Read 'The Tory MP who wants a referendum on Lisbon Treaty but would not let the people decide on electoral reform' >
How do we open up admissions to faith schools?
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Last year Ed Balls ordered an investigation after the Department for Children, Schools and Families revealed that a "significant number" of schools in three sample...
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Labour's annual conference - time for a change?
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon I know the summer holidays are upon us but before long Labour party members (along with the Tories and Lib Dems) will be turning their...Read 'Labour's annual conference - time for a change?' >
Tory PPCs: Compassionate? Progressive? Apparently not
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Tim Montgomerie’s article in today’s FT appears to revel in the fact that the latest survey of Conservative candidates in winnable seats indicates that his...Read 'Tory PPCs: Compassionate? Progressive? Apparently not' >
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