Khan, a lawyer and adept Labour Party operator, offers reporters and political analysts a countervailing demonstration of pluralistic, inclusive progressiveness.
When this fearless and politically adept innovator became Labour leader of the GLC in 1981, it was the first time that anyone of the post-1945 generation had attained political power.
But £2.5 billion of this has already been announced (Labour is adept at announcing good news several times).
A decision to allow in yet another wave of new workers at this stage might, in hindsight, appear rash.On the other hand, immigrants, especially from Eastern Europe, have proved particularly adept at filling the gaps in labour markets both in geographic terms and by taking jobs that locals won't touch.
Voters are likelier to associate these qualities with the adept SNP and UKIP leaderships than with Labour or the Tories, which is another reason for their struggles.
The Socialist Alliance has also been picking up council seats in Coventry, and Mr Nellist is adept at mobilising the support of those working-class Labour voters who feel Mr Blair no longer represents them.These parties have nothing much in common beyond a desire to punish New Labour.
The mills run by the Strutt family also suffered from a lack of modernisation; although they were at the forefront of fireproofing technology at the start of the 19th century, as the machines the mills used got bigger and more powerful, the Strutts persevered with child labour where adults would have been more adept at using the machinery.
Unpacking this labour politics therefore requires geographical approaches that are adept at grasping these complex spatialities of labour.
Supporters of David Miliband believe his brother's performance in recent weeks has shown the weaknesses they identified during the Labour leadership contest – that he is indecisive and not adept enough to discomfort David Cameron in the Commons.
From the very beginning we have had to negotiate the distribution of labour, the distribution of effort between our tools and ourselves; and I think because computers are so adept at doing so many things this negotiation is very, very pressing right now.
Mr Diamond wrote: "Months of adept opposition campaigning on 'the cost of living' have been brutally swept aside by a slew of positive economic data – alongside the hard economic choices with which the Chancellor is confronting Labour".
