Labour’s leadership must chart a route to the common good that builds on its working- and middle-class support.
The vast majority of voters who deserted Labour after 1997 appear not to vote at all. But a significant proportion of ex-Labour supporters...
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Is Labour the party of the voluntary sector? Community engagement is at the heart of the ‘one nation’ narrative, and in Lisa Nandy, the shadow civil society minister, the party has an experienced champion. Meanwhile, the pledge to repeal the...
In David Cameron’s recent article for the Mail on Sunday on British values he wrote of his regard for selected ‘British’ institutions. He said: “We should be proud of what Britain has done to … develop these institutions – Parliamentary democracy,...
We are facing a democratic deficit of startling proportions.
Across Europe, electoral turnout has been on a downward trend for decades and membership of a political party is dwindling compared to the post-war era. In the UK, only 44 per cent...
In 1989, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Germany had a campaign spot for the European elections which showed a group of young people full of optimism about the potential of Europe. Although it may appear a bit cheesy from...
The very ideas of ‘guild socialism’ and ‘distributism’ have been far and few between since the early 20th century, yet the case for equality and common ownership is stronger than ever. We have always been presented with a false choice...