The election marked a turning point and a radical Labour victory is now within grasp, argues Jeremy Gilbert
What made the extraordinary and unexpected result of the 2017 election possible? Several popular explanations have been widely circulated. The first attributes the result...
Now more than ever, politics is local. The importance of people having control over their own lives has rarely been as salient as now.
The opportunities for local leaders to meet this need should be grasped by all of us with...
There have been innumerable discussions recently about the many different kinds of Brexit that may play out over the coming months and years. However, as we see it, there are three main types: a ‘Hard Brexit’, a ‘Soft Brexit’ and...
It is true enough that much of the electorate don’t recognise people like themselves in politics. They do not hear authentic voices that connect with their lived experience.
Politicians talk incessantly about reflecting Britain better, but they remain blinkered to the...
At first sight, the two main parties’ votes are mirror images of each other. The Conservatives ‘won’ with older people – 58 per cent of 60-69 year olds and 69 per cent of 70+. They also won 55 per cent...
For Whose Benefit? The everyday realities of welfare reform, Ruth Patrick, Policy Press, 2017, £19.99
Since the general election, poverty has been hitting the headlines. The most recent critics of Conservative welfare cuts have included PM Gordon Brown who has warned:...
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