http://www.tmponline.org The online political magazine and forum Fri, 02 May 2008 12:12:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en TMP editor, Chuka Umunna, reflects on last night's local elections. "Ken Livingstone has five children by three women" screamed one headline, "Johnson admits using cocaine as a teenager" shouted another.The other candidates for London mayor were never really going to get a look in. Two larger than life characters, oozing charisma, ... http://www.tmponline.org/2008/05/02/this-is-not-terminal/ Labour Mayor of London Ken Livingstone's online message ahead of the 1 May London elections. http://www.tmponline.org/2008/04/20/an-online-message-from-ken-livingstone/ How do we deliver equality in the 21st century? The wealthiest 1% of the population owns 21% of the nation’s wealth; the bottom 50% own 7%; recently it’s been shown that health inequalities have grown; the government faces controversy over abolition of the 10p tax rate; this year’s budget pledged an ... http://www.tmponline.org/2008/04/17/how-do-we-deliver-equality-in-the-21st-century/ Labour London Assembly Member, Jennette Arnold AM, argues that you cannot divorce sport from politics.  I had planned to join the celebrations welcoming the Olympic torch to London but in the end GLA campaign work took over.  Reflecting on the debate and the protests during the day (the torch relay that is, ... http://www.tmponline.org/2008/04/11/olympic-torch-protests-politics-and-sports-are-one/ 40 years ago today the legendary US Civil Rights leader, Dr Martin Luther King Jnr, was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He delivered his last speech – “I’ve been to the mountain top” – the day before at the Mason Temple in Memphis and, in ... http://www.tmponline.org/2008/04/04/40-years-ago-today/ Amnesty International have released a letter signed by a host of high-profile figures voicing their opposition to the Government's plans to extend pre-charge detention limits to 42 days in the Counter-Terrorism Bill, before it gets its second reading in Parliament today. Signatories to the letter include Patrick Stewart, Vivienne Westwood, Colin ... http://www.tmponline.org/2008/04/01/counter-terrorism-bill-to-get-its-second-reading-in-parliament/ Zimbabwe’s general election takes place tomorrow against a backdrop of a long-running and worsening economic crisis, political uncertainty and the likelihood of increasing political and criminal violence. Observers will be watching keenly to see whether finally, after years of misrule, the Movement for Democratic Change’s Morgan Tsvangirai or former government minister ... http://www.tmponline.org/2008/03/28/an-end-to-mugabes-madness/ A report published last week found that nearly half of minority ethnic residents, including Muslims, said they had experienced race discrimination and 30 per cent of recent Muslim migrants had experienced religious discrimination. This was cited as a key barrier to a sense of belonging in Britain. The report – Immigration, ... http://www.tmponline.org/2008/03/28/migrants-say-discrimination-undermines-their-sense-of-belonging-in-britain/ Resident columnist Lola Adesioye reflects on Barack Obama's speech on race this week. Regardless of whether or not people think Barack Obama is capable of being the next president of America, he has shown himself this week to be one of the greatest post-civil rights thinkers of this generation. Many ... http://www.tmponline.org/2008/03/22/obamas-perfect-speech/ Many commentators have taken a dim view of supporters of Senator Barack Obama’s campaign to win the U.S Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.  Here is the New Stateman’s Andrew Stephen bemoaning the media’s treatment of Barack Obama in January: “Obama's relationship with the press and the electorate is still at the stage of ... http://www.tmponline.org/2008/03/13/the-obama-campaign-a-cult-of-personality/