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Taking tax out of the ‘Too Difficult Box’
5 January 2015
Tax is at the heart of the relationship between the citizen and the state. The fundamental conflicts around John Hampden’s trial in 1637 for his refusal to pay King Charles’s taxes for ship money, and the Boston Tea Party in...
Continue ReadingLabour must take a tougher stance on TTIP
5 January 2015
It’s largely off the front pages and out of the headlines, but the secretive negotiations of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment partnership (TTIP) will change trade between the EU and the US, potentially permanently. As the general election approaches, Labour must...
Continue ReadingOur essential books of 2014: Please, Mister Postman by Alan Johnson
24 December 2014
When Emily Thornberry tweeted a picture of a house in Kent draped in St George’s Cross flags, it wasn’t just a momentary lapse in manners which led many to feel the episode was so damaging. The tweet gave life to...
Continue ReadingOur essential books of 2014: Revolution by Russell Brand
23 December 2014
If Thomas Piketty had been born in Essex and married Katie Perry he might have written a book like Revolution. Russell Brand’s first foray into political writing is part manifesto, part memoir, part polemic and a stand out contender for...
Continue ReadingOur essential books of 2014: Revolt on the Right by Rob Ford and Matthew Goodwin
23 December 2014
2014 was the year that UKIP stopped being a sideshow and became the main event. They handily won the European elections, gained their first two elected MPs and troubled the counsels of the mighty in Labour and Tory HQs. Their...
Continue ReadingFive things we learned about the future of government in 2014
23 December 2014
2014 was the year the pre-election political contours solidified and the most controversial dividing lines centred on the future of government. Next year’s election will offer up some big choices. Here are five things we learnt in 2014 about the...
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