Economic optimism ‘Confidence among business professionals has surged, suggesting the recession is at an end, a...
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Month: August 2009 Articles
Communities are suffering as the SNP raids the Highlands and Islands Enterprise budget
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is one of Europe’s most successful development agencies, with a track...
It’s time to end the cultural appeasement
I doubt that Jim Fitzpatrick meant to create a media storm when he removed himself from a constituent’s wedding...
Progress summer reading
When the lights went out: Britain in the seventiesAndy BeckettFaber 524pp£20‘I have been hearing what was...
What we’re reading: 10 August 2009
Mandelson interview ‘All of this makes him powerful – but none of it matters quite as much as one simple...
Progress summer reading
Beyond New LabourEdited by Patrick Diamond and Roger LiddleMethuen237pp£14.99With a stellar cast of the great...
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Statement
There is growing support in the Labour party for primaries, as shown by initiatives in Bassetlaw, Edinburgh East,...
Delaying tactics
For a moment I thought the world finally understood that despite their promises, the generals who rule my country were...
Spotlight on Georgia
As the first anniversary of the war with Russia approaches on Saturday, the international spotlight is briefly...
What we’re reading: 7 August 2009
A primary concern ‘Choosing Labour's Parliamentary candidates should no longer be the preserve of party members,...
Comment
Learning from BassetlawEd Miliband MP, ProgressOnline, 15 July 2010 Bassetlaw and beyondAndy Burnham MP,...