Those of us conducting Labour's policy review have a continuing job of work to make "responsible capitalism" and "active industrial policy" more than slogans akin to Harold Wilson's promise of a "white hot" technological revolution in 1964.
But by 2001, when this interview was conducted, Labour and LGBT activists were working hard to strike it down.
The midwives conducted labour but there was shoulder dystocia.
Moreover, most old FGD respondents (both those who had given birth at home and at the clinic) explained that most old mothers had confidence in the skills of the TBAs because they had seen TBAs providing ANC services and conducting labour at the clinic, and that nurses had allowed them to do so.
In district health facilities, staff deficits are reported: … in Mitande [Niassa] there is only one nurse… he does dental chores … conducts labours … consults with patients besides doing his own nursing work … He runs the dispensary, … We have some health posts where the only staff present is auxiliary midwives and a maid.
Yet the big-brand companies still claim to have proper codes of conduct for labour practices.
John Prescott has written a blistering attack on the conduct of Labour's election campaign on the the LabourHome website.
The Guardian devotes part of its front page to reports of disagreements within the cabinet over the conduct of Labour's campaign.
For some tastes, the NS could be too candid; in one memorable leader, it denounced Wilson's conduct as Labour's opposition leader for polluting the very atmosphere of politics.
Though Fox had apologised for his conduct, and Labour has accused him of "driving a coach and horses" through the ministerial code, the defence secretary believes he can save his job so long as no other significant revelations are uncovered by the civil service inquiry.
