- Spring 2019
- Kate Murray , Vanesha Singh
- 10 April 2019
- Brexit , Conservatives , Labour party
This edition of the Fabian Review asks if Labour will sink or swim after its biggest split in nearly 40 years with Dianne Hayter, Ben Bradshaw MP and Ann Pettifor plus Kate Murray talks to Richard Corbett MEP.
Also in this issue: Danny Dorling argues the crises which have engulfed this government should not blind us to what the Conservatives do best.
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The never-failing spring
5 July 2019
BEN COOPER: With public libraries closing, more must be done to make books available at school.
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Public privileges
20 June 2019
SALLY PRENTICE: An account of independent schools underlines the clear case for reform.
Continue reading Education / Inequality / Public Services
Hungry for change
28 May 2019
EMMA LEWELL-BUCK MP: Millions of people across the UK struggle to find enough to eat.
Continue reading Class / Conservatives / Economy / Health / Inequality / Poverty
Turning left
14 May 2019
The shift leftwards among younger people is an international phenomenon. Keir Milburn explores the reasons why.
Continue reading Class / Democracy / Economy / Inequality
A game plan for the left
29 April 2019
ANAND MENON: Politicians are struggling to attract support in a nation where how you feel about Brexit matters more than anything else but there is a way of overcoming the tribalism.
Continue reading Brexit / Conservatives / Elections / Labour party
Backwards glance
26 April 2019
DIANNE HAYTER: The breakaway by the Independent Group is the most serious split in Labour since the SDP was formed. Big lessons need to be learned by the party from what went on then.
Continue reading Brexit / Elections / Labour party
Failing to plan
24 April 2019
ROBERTA BLACKMAN-WOODS MP: We need a change to planning rules for the sake of our high streets and housing.
Continue reading Economy / Housing / Inequality
On the rocks
23 April 2019
ANN PETTIFOR: The Conservatives have steered the economy into one disaster after another. Now Labour must chart a different course.
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Off the table
18 April 2019
FABIAN HAMILTON MP: The failure of the Trump-Kim summit represents a missed opportunity for the world.
Continue reading Defence / Foreign policy / International relations / Labour party
The wreckers
16 April 2019
DANNY DORLING: The crises which have engulfed this government should not blind us to the fact that the Conservatives are supremely successful at what they do best.
Continue reading Class / Conservatives / Education / Housing / Inequality
Drifting apart?
15 April 2019
ANDREW HARROP: Labour has been right to seek a compromise on Brexit. But the divisions within the party and beyond now run deep.
Continue reading Brexit / Democracy / Labour party
Against the odds
11 April 2019
Since the referendum was announced through to the Brexit negotiations, politicians and commentators have failed to predict which way the wind is blowing. Is Richard Corbett the exception? Kate Murray talks to Labour’s leader in the European parliament.
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