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The Fairness Instinct: Where the money goes...
28 April 2012
The often unspoken factor in the climate change debate is social justice. Curiously, it is often the deniers who have understood that more clearly than the rest. They have seen that acceptance of the fact of climate disruption not only...
Continue ReadingThe Tory ‘feelgood factor’
25 April 2012
Despite the bleak national economic picture, people in Conservative held seats are doing better than those in Labour areas. The Conservatives have form when it comes to winning re-election whilst presiding over deep cuts in public spending, high unemployment and often...
Continue ReadingFabians launch "The Fairness Instinct"
23 April 2012
‘Fairness’ has become the politician’s weapon of choice, with recent political debate dominated by attempts to sustain or refute claims that government policy is ‘fair’. The reason that this territory is so contested is clear: fairness as a concept holds...
Continue ReadingThe 'Core Vote, Swing Vote' fallacy
3 April 2012
There are core voters in every social group, just as there are swing voters in every social group. On one level, of course, the answer to why Labour lost so catastrophically in 2010 is simple: we had presided over an enormous...
Continue ReadingJobs for the boys
3 April 2012
The preoccupation of both Tory strategists and Labour feminists with women voters can’t disguise Labour’s challenge: we’ve got man trouble. Reversing the historic Tory lead with women was, of course, crucial to New Labour’s political project: a party cannot be a...
Continue ReadingAchieving a progressive majority
3 April 2012
Labour’s route back to power lies in coalition with other parties that share our values. This piece was first published in Spring 2012 edition of the Fabian Review An alliance between Labour and the Liberal Democrats; who on earth, after their treachery,...
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