After Martin Schulz became leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and was nominated as its candidate for the German chancellery, it looked like a political myth had finally been proved wrong. Up until the nomination of Schulz in Spring...
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Apparently, Jeremy Corbyn has a wooden elephant sculpture in his office which he points at whenever people avoid talking about the most pressing issue.
Before turning to Labour’s mental health policy, I am going to take Jeremy’s lead and mention the...
‘May you live in interesting times’ as the phrase says. Well few would dispute the fact that we have, ever since the exit poll on the night of the 2015 General Election which pointed to our worst fears - that...
We asked parliamentarians, Fabians, writers and academics for their Labour policy ideas
Although the country is still waiting for the publication of Labour’s manifesto, we already have a good idea of some of the flagship policies it will contain. First, there...
In going for an early election focused on Brexit, the Conservative government knows even the superficially good economic news is unlikely to last.
Four years of GDP growth, high levels of employment, the deficit down to pre-2008 levels and the stock...
After the ‘longest suicide note in history’ back in 1983, Labour, on its journey towards modernisation, latched on to the idea of the ‘symbolic policy’: a policy that illustrates a party’s long term values and vision while also connecting strongly...