by Conor Pope | Jul 19, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
The Corbynite wing of the Labour party is becoming more comfortable with shrugging off unhelpful ideological baggage in the pursuit of success, finds Conor Pope You can often learn more about a politician from a friendly interview than a hostile one. They are more...
by Felicity Slater | Jul 19, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
With expectations that surpass those of Tony Blair and Barack Obama, can Emmanuel Macron deliver the change so many believe in, asks Felicity Slater European centre-left has few reasons to be cheerful. The Dutch Labour party was hammered at the polls in March. In...
by Darren Hughes | Jul 18, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Parliament’s most elitist election shows why government should bring the era of unelected lawmaking to a close altogether, writes Darren Hughes In 1999, the House of Lords Act removed all but 92 of the ‘backwoodsmen’ – the hundreds of (almost entirely...
by Alison McGovern MP | Jul 18, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
The Tories have lost their mandate for their assault on public services, a hard Brexit and the divisive politics they pursue ‘Politics is not a game’. As Theresa May soundbites go it certainly looks to have a better shelf life than ‘strong and stable’ and it is as...
by Siobhain McDonagh MP | Jul 18, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
The Tories called it wrong on all the big necessities of a 21st century campaign, finds Siobhain McDonagh Why did the Tories lose? Indeed, did they? Certainly against expectation. In reality, they still got the most votes and most seats. So how has the outcome of the...
by John Denham | Jul 18, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Labour trails the Tories in England by 70 seats – the English Labour Network seeks to support activists, councillors and MPs who seek to rectify that, argues former cabinet minister John Denham The English Labour Network launched this week aims to support activists,...
by Heidi Alexander MP | Jul 17, 2017 | BrexitWatch, Section: Progress Magazine
The general election has changed the nature of the Brexit debate in Westminster For those of us in the Labour party who want to put the brakes on Brexit, the result of the general election last month means it is ‘game on’. Whether we can stop Brexit or simply shape it...
by Stephen Timms MP | Jul 17, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Government must make it harder to obtain noxious substances and introduce tougher punishments for those who use them as a weapon, writes Stephen Timms MP Today I am opening an adjournment debate in parliament on acid attacks. The recent spate of attacks has provoked...
by Jennifer Gerber | Jul 17, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
He has only been a member of the Israeli Labor party for seven months, but last week Avi Gabbay was elected its leader. Jennifer Gerber explains his meteoric rise on the centre-left Avi Gabbay, a political outsider, was elected leader of the Israeli Labor party on...
by Richard Angell | Jul 14, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
There are five modest changes that would improve the manifesto, writes Richard Angell in his Last Word The prime minister has been in post for one year and one day. Theresa May’s style is a strange mix of shyness and arrogance. Her ‘stiff upper lip’...
