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Vote Match. EarthShare: One Environment. One Simple Way to Care for It. About My Vote, produced by The Electoral Commission. Electoral Commission - Electoral Commission. The Labour Party Manifesto 2010. The Liberal Democrats - Official Website. Vote Green - Help elect Britain's first Green MPs. My Vote Counts. UNITE Group: The heart of student living - UNITE Group. The London haunts of VI Lenin. Lenin's memorial in Islington attracted both pilgrims and antipathists One hundred and forty years since the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Darina Kucheruk of BBCRussian.com retraces the revolutionary's steps through London.

Few people know that a housing project named after Lenin was commissioned in London in the early 1940s. Designed by a Russian emigre architect, Berthold Lubetkin, who is now considered one of the giants of constructivism, it was to be called Lenin Court. But by the early 1950s, when the project was completed, the Cold War was in full flow. "I still write my address as Lenin Court instead of Bevin Court. An avowed left-winger, Mr Ford has repeatedly proposed that the building be renamed after Lenin, and that a Lenin memorial built in a square nearby be reinstalled. The memorial, also designed by Lubetkin, marked the site of Lenin's lodgings at Holford Square and was erected in 1942. After the outbreak of the Cold War the memorial was closed and Lenin's bust removed. The Lesbian & Gay Foundation » Enough is Enough. Homophobic abuse is more common than most people think. 1 in 3 LGBT people have experienced some kind of homophobic attack.

Join the movement to take ACTION against homophobia now! Every single day, lesbians, gay men and bisexual (LGB) people are the targets of hatred and violence because of who they choose to love. It’s called homophobia, and all over the world it’s on the rise. Homophobia is an irrational hatred and it thrives on diversity. It can show itself in countless ways, but in its most destructive form, homophobia can bruise, beat and even kill LGB people. It's time to take action against homophobia. Videos against homophobia To commemorate the third year of the campaign first year media students from The Manchester College have produced short videos to promote Enough is Enough! The videos have received over 15,000 views on The LGF’s YouTube channel during a public video vote to choose two videos that will be used to showcase the campaign over the next year.

We proudly present... Women's National Commission. Home - End Violence Against Women. Stonewall.org.uk. TUC - Britain at work. HMG - Your Freedom. The Coalition Government is committed to restoring and defending your freedom – and we're asking you to participate. We're working to create a more open and less intrusive society through our Programme for Government. We want to restore Britain’s traditions of freedom and fairness, and free our society of unnecessary laws and regulations – both for individuals and businesses.

This site gives you the chance to tell us which laws and regulations you think we should get rid of. Your feedback will inform government policy and some of your proposals could end up making it into bills we bring before Parliament to change the law. We've had an excellent response so far, receiving thousands of ideas, comments and votes. So if you see an idea here that you agree with, then rate it to move it up the list. Your Freedom is the part of the most radical shake up of our politics for decades. Cabinet Office homepage. The Big Society. Tea with Mr Miliband | Rupa Huq. "There might be a knock at the door from the police," the voice on the phone warned me. Crikey, I hadn't expected that one. But then when you allow your front room to be the venue for a campaign visit from David Miliband with BBC cameras, furry broom mics and Laura Kuenssberg in tow, you can't expect normality.

The possible police involvement (which never materialised) was raised because, as a former foreign secretary, the elder Miliband has continuing special branch protection, who sometimes like to scope out his surroundings. In the event there was nothing much to fear from the normal terraced street he came to and regular party members he met.

The campaign websites of both David Miliband and Labour mayoral contender Oona King each have a section where you can click to host a house-meeting. My own one was arranged at short notice by The David Miliband Movement For Change, as they are called, to tie in with some workplace and other visits nearby. Yet candidates could go much further.