Right-Wing Watch
Why we need the Good Right – and what we can learn from them
There are enough real and substantive changes that can be made to our society without dismissing the other side as beyond the pale
Blue Labour
Glasman calls for a break from ‘viagra or vivisection’ (that’s growth or cuts, to you)
Carl Packman reports on the Maurice (Lord) Glasman's talk at Localis, where he elaborated further on the Blue Labour brand.
Tangled Up In Blue: A straightforward profile of a confusing man
Carl Packman reviews Rowenna Davis' new book on Glasman and Blue Labour, and finds that the politics behind the damaged goods remain of importance.
The Purple Book: Bland and tragic
Carl Packman reviews ‘The Purple Book’, concluding: “On what the book did say it was bland; on what it didn’t say it was tragic.”
Nomination for most influential left-wing thinker 2010/11: Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband is changing the way the Labour Party thinks about its very purpose - its ends as well as its means. Such a profound shift makes him a candidate for left-wing thinker of the year.
Community ownership must be the focus of Miliband’s Labour
Richard Carr surveys the overall political landscape before discussing the role community ownership might have to play in defining Labour in opposition.