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LETTERS TO UK NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS by MIKE ALLOTT
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 SELECTED SUMMARY FOR ALL NEWSPAPERS BELOW
Publication date
Newspaper
 Title of letter [and link to text]

No.

22 August 2003
Times
Divisions of Labour ok
1
11 October 2003
15 October 2003
18 October 2003
25 October 2003
Guardian
Times
Telegraph
Telegraph
DS set up for the chop ok
Attacks on IDS ok
Credit cards not for borrowing ok
Galloway’s Expulsion ok
2
3
4
5
04 November 2003
04 November 2003
10 November 2003
22 November 2003
Times
Independent
Guardian
Times
Effects of postal dispute ok
United Tories look like winners ok
Lessons of inner city ok
Competition and choice in the NHS ok
6
7
8
10
07 January 2004
08 January 2004
27 January 2004
Telegraph
Times
Independent
A diet of common sense ok
Uneconomic Socialism ok
Blair's pledge on top-up fees ok
11
12
9a
 02 February 2004
 11 Feb 2004 
Independent
Guardian
Don't take the BBC for granted ok
Unions' fund of support ok
9c
8a
  10 March 2004
 19 March 2004
Times
Telegraph
Reality check for the Lib Dems ok
Credit where credit's due ok 
12a
11a
 06 May 2004
  26 May 2004
 29 May 2004
Guardian
Guardian
Times
New Labour, new values ok
Mainstream cooperation ok
Archbishop on short-termism ok
8c
8d
12b
 20 August 2004
 15 September 2004
 18 September 2004
 21 September 2004
 25 September 2004
Guardian
Guardian
Times
Telegraph
Guardian
Stay Loyal ok
Fury on the front line ok 
Unions' influence on party politics ok
One and the same [The future is orange] ok
Beyond  Left and Right ok
8e
8g
12c
11c
8h
 13 January 2005
 31 January 2005
 03 February 2005
Guardian
Guardian
Times
Divided Loyalties ok
Companies can be caring ok
New Labour policies ok
8j
8i
12d
 10 March 2005
 22 April 2005
 15 March 2005
  27 April2005		 Guardian
Guardian
Times
Times		 How the votes will add up ok
Putsch in Sedgefield ok
Parties’ early start to electioneering ok?
Misgivings over the election process ok? 		 8k
8l
13a
13b
28 June 2005 Guardian Labour's big brother idea ok 36
Guardian How to win back Labour's lost voters ok 37
Guardian Battle over Labour's Bolshevik party structure ok 38
Guardian Policy problems for Labour and Tories ok 39
15 March 2007 Times Trident and party policy ok 13c
27 April 2007 Guardian The future's bright - the future's Brown ok 39a
Guardian Back to politics of the 70s - or 80s? ok 40
Guardian Brown's pledge to party members ok 41
Guardian New directions for Labour and the left ok 42
Guardian Labour party policy-making: the way forward ok 43
Guardian Cash questions for Brown's Labour party ok 44
21 March 2008 Guardian Blurred visions of Labour's fourth-term prospects ok 45
13 June 2008 Guardian Flirtation with Tories won't help the poor ok 46
26 April 2010 Guardian Pegs, percentages and politics (series title) ok 47
29 May 2010 Guardian Fundamental debate on Next Labour ok 48
27 June 2010 Guardian An outreach programme for Labour ok 49
31 December 2011 Guardian Brotherly advice for Ed Miliband ok 50
27 April 2013 Guardian Labour needs to inspire hope ok 52
23 May 2013 Guardian Uniting to help Ed Miliband transform Britain ok 53
27 June 2013 Guardian The choice for Labour: socialism or pledge-cards ok 54
9 July 2013 Guardian Labour's electoral responsibilities ok 55
24 August 2014 Guardian Action and reaction in the Middle East ok 57
18 September 2014 Guardian Labour in a new United Kingdom ok 58
26 October 2014 Guardian Immigration, EU freedoms, and Neoliberalism ok 59
16 December 2014 Guardian Jim Murphy, Scottish Labour and Clause IV  ok 60
2 January 2015 Guardian Tedious assumptions of Blairism ok 61
5 June 2015 Guardian Divided we stand (on Unite) ok 62
30 July 2015 Guardian Corbyn-mania ok 63
17 December 2015 Guardian Democratic Centralism ok 64
27 February 2016 Guardian Blair and economic dynamism ok 65
24 March 2016 Guardian Labour: compromises, big egos and dead cats direct link to Guardian 66*
27 July 2016 Guardian Divisions and rules in the Labour party July 27 direct link to Guardian 67*

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