Here are some of the articles David has written for Progress in the recent past:
Remembering David Cairns
- Rhetoric and reality
Leadership candidates’ views on party reform are akin to theologians tying themselves in knots.
http://archive.progressonline.org.uk/articles/article.asp?a=6798 - Progressive internationalism
The values shared by the UK and Israeli labour movements form the bedrock of the progressive case for Israel writes David Cairns
http://www.progressives.org.uk/articles/article.asp?a=7741
One of our favourite insights of David’s was how Labour needed to understand the aspirational voters – what he labelled the ‘Conservatory vote’. His friend, colleague and former employer Siobhan McDonagh MP writes about this in an article of the same name. It can be read here: http://archive.progressonline.org.uk/articles/article.asp?a=6446. Douglas Alexander does the same in The Purple Book.
So sad to hear the news about David. I worked with him on a number of projects and he was always engaging and supportive. A huge loss. Murray
I was David’s researcher and agent and worked for him for 9 years. He was tremendously hard working and fiercely intelligent. Inverclyde has suffered a great loss.