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Jonathan on five targets for Labour

Jonathan on five targets for Labour

And Easter greetings from Marf May’s elections are important. Not only will they decide who controls millions of pounds, they will set the tone of politics and party morale for the year ahead. They are the first real indication of how votes stack up in the Coalition era. And outside the English cities, they will establish the activist base on which the parties will fight the next general election. The elections are most important for Labour. Out of office, the…

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Why is Yes talking to itself?

Why is Yes talking to itself?

Is comfort-zone campaigning going to cost it the referendum? Yesterday’s big referendum events demonstrated again the reason why No is winning the campaign on AV: they are talking to themselves; their opponents are talking to the voters. The Yes leaders appear to have made no effort to gain any traction with voters to the right of centre. At the very minimum, they’ve not succeeded in doing so. Not a single Conservative has been paraded, nor has anyone from the Orange…

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Marf on Dave’s immigration speech

Marf on Dave’s immigration speech

Marf currently has an exhibition entitled “City Blues” at the Guildhall Gallery in the City of London – see this review in today’s Independent. On Monday afternoon from about 4pm Marf will be at the gallery ahead of the PB party at the Dirty Dicks public house that evening from 6pm. All PBers, whether lurkers or commenters are welcome to join us then and see many of her cartoons that first appeared on PB. The gallery is only about ten…

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Marf on Portugal and austerity packages

Marf on Portugal and austerity packages

A reminder for Monday April 18th There’s an exhibition currently going on of many of Marf’s PB cartoons at the Guildhall Gallery in the City of London. Marf herself will be there from mid-afternoon on Monday April 18th 2011 ahead of the PB party that evening at the Dirty Dicks pub opposite Liverpool Street station. Both gatherings are open to all PBers whether they are lurkers or commenters. See Marf’s works in a gallery setting AND see the faces behind…

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Marf on interns and Clegg’s social mobility programme

Marf on interns and Clegg’s social mobility programme

There’s an exhibition currently going on of many of Marf’s PB cartoons at the Guildhall Gallery in the City of London. Marf herself will be there from mid-afternoon on Monday April 18th 2011 ahead of the PB party that evening at the Dirty Dicks pub opposite Liverpool Street station. Mike Smithson

Marf’s exhibition opens today

Marf’s exhibition opens today

PB’s occasional cartoonist, Marf, has an exhibition opening at the Guildhall Gallery in the City of London today. Amongst the works included are many that first appeared on this site. As has already been announced there will be a special gathering on Monday April 18th from 4pm at the gallery. That’s the day of the next PB party at the Dirty Dicks public house opposite Liverpool Street station. I’m travelling today and am not following the news or the threads….

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A Marf exhibition and a PB gathering

A Marf exhibition and a PB gathering

Monday April 18th- the City of London There’s to be another PB gathering at the Dirty Dicks pub across the road from Liverpool Street Station. It’ll take place on Monday April 18 starting from about 6pm. Like the previous events an area of the pub will be solely for PBers. On that day as well there’ll be another gathering a couple of hours earlier at the Guildhall gallery not so far away. There, from April 1st there’s a special exhibition…

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