News & Insight

30 September 2012

Labour need to engage and promote a politics of the common good and resist the tendencies of market society to reduce all social issues to the logic of exchange. This was the message of Professor Michael Sandel of Harvard University, international...

30 September 2012

2105: And that's that. Observation: Owen Jones gets more applause at Labour conference fringe meetings than Dan Hodges. Who'd have thunk. And Polly Toynbee doesn't like events running over time. That's it for #FabLab day one. Thanks for reading and there'll be...

30 September 2012

British politics is ruled by a peculiarly inappropriate set of metaphors. Commenting on Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony of the London Olympics, David Cameron could only say “it’s more proof Britain can deliver”. Boyle’s spectacle told a story about the experiences...

30 September 2012

The British people have never felt a great affinity with political parties, and politicians are unwise to think that we can return to a golden era of political engagement. However, the current ‘anti-politics’ mood is not only further eroding trust...

30 September 2012

On a visit to Newcastle airport last year I met two apprentices – one was completing the last day of a three year mechanical engineering traineeship and preparing to start his first day as a permanent employee, and the other...

30 September 2012

There is a danger that politics is becoming detached from people at the very time they need it most. With tough economic times leaving lives increasingly insecure, the democratic process should be a vehicle through which people’s concerns can be...