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
There are enough real and substantive changes that can be made to our society without dismissing the other side as beyond the pale
It isn’t enough to promise only to ‘listen’ to working class concerns.
The Blair approach to immigration is neo-liberal rather than social democratic.
Migration Watch have come round to the Eurosceptic Blue Labour position they rejected three years ago.
The absence in Red Toryism and Blue Labour thinking around personal liberty, social mobility & environmental awareness can be filled by a Green Democrat vision.
Carl Packman reports on the Maurice (Lord) Glasman’s talk at Localis, where he elaborated further on the Blue Labour brand.
Carl Packman reviews Rowenna Davis’ new book on Glasman and Blue Labour, and finds that the politics behind the damaged goods remain of importance.
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.”
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.
Richard Carr surveys the overall political landscape before discussing the role community ownership might have to play in defining Labour in opposition.