To reconnect with the British people and rediscover our governing purpose, Labour needs to do three things: understand afresh the values of our politics; articulate a new vision that tells the story of our policy; and upgrade the Labour Party...
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After the 1970s it was inevitable that the Conservative party would move away from the tight relationship between business, state and unions of the postwar consensus, but it was Margaret Thatcher who made it Thatcherite. In the 1990s Labour was...
Immigration played a key part in Labour’s defeat in 2010, becoming the frame through which many people comprehended and linked together a vortex of economic and social anxieties. Before the election, Ipsos MORI found that just six per cent of...
Last year’s Occupy protests shone a light on the problem of the privatisation of public space and the chilling effect this can have on political speech.When protestors first targeted the London Stock Exchange they were legally prevented from entering Paternoster...
The coalition agreement states that a third runway at Heathrow is off the aviation policy menu. David Cameron now says he's not blind to the need for airport expansion in the South East. Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith threatens to stand...
When the US bank robber Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks he replied “because it’s where the money is.” Political parties need also to be looking “where the seats are” and examining reality rather than falling for mythology.That...