We have woken up to the UK’s biggest democratic and political crisis of modern times. Our Government is not serving our Parliament. Our democracy is not serving us, the people.…
05 Sep, 2019
Good Society
25 Apr, 2019
Realising the Good Society: a pulse check
Following the lively panel and open space session at our recent conference Leaving the 20th Century, we’d like to start a conversation with our members and supporters about how we…
18 Mar, 2019
Basic Income for All: the closest thing to a silver bullet
There is no single silver bullet policy to create a Good Society – but basic income is the closest there is. It opens up some big questions: what is a good…
18 Feb, 2019
Labour split: not a blip, but a symptom
The announcement today that seven Labour MPs have renounced the whip and are setting up as independents comes as no surprise. The seven spoke of their personal reasons for leaving…
04 Jul, 2018
Introducing the Common Platform
“Short term hopes are futile, long term resignation is suicidal” - Hans Magnus Enzensberger We thought that cheery quote might grab your attention. Let us explain what it means in terms…
02 Nov, 2017
What is the Progressive Alliance?
So there we were, some months ago, busy thinking about the progressive alliance and worrying that three years wouldn't be enough to build it, when Theresa May called an election…
08 Feb, 2017
Debunking the Democracy Myth
Democracy occupies a special place in our hearts. Conceived in Ancient Greece, debated over in the Magna Carta and fought over in the English Civil Wars; the right of the…
02 Mar, 2015
Permanent Engagement – Creating a common realm for the common good
I spent 25 years in the Public Relations industry and have just published Trust Me, PR Is Dead. PR doesn’t work any more. It has been strangled by many forces,…