One year ago today, Jeremy Corbyn pledged to scrap loans for university tuition, as the flagship policy of his leadership campaign. Since then, however, the Labour leader and his frontbench have been almost silent on the topic. Corbyn said it...
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On 23 June 2016 the British people voted by 52 per cent to 48 per cent to withdraw from the European Union, of which we had been a member since 1973. They did so against the warnings and scare tactics...
Two nations… within one party
The Labour party does not have a right to exist and after yesterday’s vote there is no guarantee of its long-term survival as a national political force. The referendum has divided the nation in two, delivering...
Andrew Harrop, Fabian Society general secretary said:
The Fabian Society is devastated to hear of the tragic loss of our friend Jo Cox, Labour MP for Batley and Spen. Our thoughts are with Brendan, their children and all her friends and...
This collection of essays bring together voices from the UK and EU to look at where next for the left in a fast-changing world.
Edited by Andrew Harrop and Ed Wallis
April 2016
The events of 2015 proved that the British left needs a fundamental intellectual re-set. In less than six months, mainstream social democratic ideas were rejected twice over, with Ed Miliband’s bitter general election defeat and Jeremy Corbyn’s victory over the...