Comment: The left needs to understand the power of sales
The true task of the politician, like the salesperson, is to persuade people to agree with them
The true task of the politician, like the salesperson, is to persuade people to agree with them
We should be wary of any claim that the British public is instinctively left-wing
The right have differences of opinion too, but are much better at coming together when it matters
With Syriza’s victory in Greece many on the left are asking how a party which seven years ago received 4 per cent of the vote was able to become a radical force in Europe
Majorities have group identities just like minorities, and that’s fine.
Parts of the liberal left should be honest with the British people about their alliance with CAGE and Moazzam Begg. Now more than ever we must turn to Meredith Tax’s book ‘Double Bind: The Muslim Right, the Anglo-American Left, and Universal Human Rights’ for reference and moral clarity.
Voters suffering most severely from forms of economic oppression, and who share fundamental left-wing values, are not voting for Labour and are definitely not voting for one of the parties to the left of Labour.
While the aims of many pro-Palestinian campaigners are admirable, the left must look at the wider context of Israel and Palestine today
The widening gap between rich and poor reflects a decline in trade union power, so argue the authors of the bestselling book The Spirit Level.
Those who believe in tolerance and pluralism should oppose groups like iERA with as much consistency as they oppose hate groups like the EDL and BNP.