In August 2010, Labour leadership frontrunner David Miliband made the argument that his brother Ed's policies risked returning Labour to "the comfortable but deadening policies of the past... its comfort…
28 May, 2015
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22 May, 2015
Common sense is non-sense & the role of social science
Misinformation and vitriolic victim-blaming dominate politics in England. As we enter another five-year period under Conservative rule, policy may still roll out the old ‘what works?' mantra but with little…
21 May, 2015
Hope and square one
A square one moment: That was how Guardian columnist John Harris described this post election phase at the excellent Compass Radical Hope event last Saturday – a time for drawing…
19 May, 2015
Labour cannot afford a sterile debate
I would bet my last penny that Labour is about to embark on a sterile debate. It will be symptomatic of the disease that has afflicted the party ever since…
11 May, 2015
Post-election statement: finding radical hope
At one level last Thursday was an un-expectedly bleak night. The way the daily lives of so many will now be crushed feels almost unbearable to countenance. But anyone reading…
07 May, 2015
Labour Pains: giving birth to a new politics
Collaboration is a vital capacity for a more plural and participatory space. Whatever happens on polling day, the General Election 2015 has been chaotic. The growing complexity of British politics,…
30 Apr, 2015
Can Scottish Labour clear up the mess it has got itself into?
Something amazing is happening in the UK general election in Scotland. Its campaign and mood is so different from the rest of the UK. Voters are animated and engaged: one…
24 Apr, 2015
SNP, Greens and Plaid Cymru join host of celebrities in petition to push incoming government to scrap Trident
Celebrities including Damon Albarn and Irvine Welsh have backed an online petition designed to show the strength of opposition to the nuclear arsenal A new campaign has been launched to…
26 Apr, 2015
Let’s Get Over Our Scotland-Envy and Join Up
I know I wasn't alone over the past two years, watching the campaign for Scottish Independence and feeling anxious, frustrated and yes, jealous. I didn't want the UK to break…
24 Apr, 2015
Cameron may still become prime minister but neo-liberalism has had its day
The 2010 general election had its emblematic moment – the encounter between Gordon Brown and ‘that bigoted woman’ – that confirmed the inevitable. The image of the three women party…
23 Apr, 2015
Devolution and a coalition government
We have been told – and indeed it seems self-evident – that the policy battleground for this election is around austerity, spending plans and the NHS. Unless of course you live in…
21 Apr, 2015
A manifesto of good reads
Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football selects his reading for the 2015 General Election Campaign The much-missed indie band, well by some of us of a certain age, Sultans of Ping,…