Working in the the Government ; You Don't Have to Be a Politician to Work in Politics. With the Party Conference Season in Full Swing, Ruth Ling Meets Three Servants to Political Masters ...

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LOCAL COUNCIL Robin Hall, 25, is head of the Labour Group office at Islington Council.

WHEN I go on holiday to the US this month, I'll be helping the John Kerry campaign - stuffing envelopes, probably. I've been passionate about politics since I was very young. I used to help my mum collect for charities and, growing up in South Wales in the Eighties, I collected clothes for the children of striking miners. I'm an active member of my local Labour party and, since leaving university, have always worked in politics.

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Working in the the Government ; You Don't Have to Be a Politician to Work in Politics. With the Party Conference Season in Full Swing, Ruth Ling Meets Three Servants to Political Masters ...

After graduating in law and politics in 2000, I stayed in Durham for a year, working as education and welfare officer for the students' union. Then I moved to London and got a job as caseworker for Oona King, MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, sorting out constituents' problems with housing and immigration.

In May 2003, I came to Islington to run the office of the 10 Labour councillors who are the opposition to the Liberal Democrat administration. I act as an intermediary between council officers and the elected members - for example, arranging for a certain ...

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