“We need to dig deep and give people a reason to be optimistic just as Obama is doing in America. Because in the same way that outcome of the U.S. elections will change the course of events there and around the world, so too do politics here in Britain.”
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We in the Labour party know better than most that opposition is the easy part. What's more difficult is governing and setting out an agenda for government.
Funding for sports (and the arts) are often the first things facing the chop in difficult times.
There's a loss of faith in the banking system that for so long has been the backbone of prosperity and growth.
The Labour party has done more than any other to address gender inequalities, through legislation and other means, and to increase women's representation in politics, which has led to recent increases in the number of female politicians.