Jim Cousins
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James Mackay Cousins (born February 23, 1944) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central, and is a member of the ruling Labour Party.
On the party's left, Cousins briefly served on the party's front bench in a foriegn affairs portfolio before being stripped of his position in 1995. According to a BBC profile on Cousins, he regularly criticises the leadership's decisions while voting with the party, a leading and articulate member of the "awkward squad".
External links
- The Labour Party - Jim Cousins MP (http://www.labour.org.uk/maps/locinfo.phtml?ctid=2257) official biography
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Jim Cousins MP (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-1140,00.html)
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Jim Cousins MP (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/jim_cousins/newcastle_upon_tyne_central)
- BBC News - Jim Cousins (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/301.stm) profile 10 February, 2005