by Charlie Cadywoud | May 5, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Latest figures show that Labour could hold on to enough MPs to stop the hard-left taking over the party by default, writes Charlie Cadywould Despite the Labour frontbench putting on a brave face for the cameras, no amount of spin can change the fact that these local...
by Richard Angell | May 5, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive, The Last Word
Progress director Richard Angell gives his view on local elections, leaders’ debates, the 1997 anniversary and the risk of the McDonnell amendment by the back door Deserving praise The Progress team spent all of polling day yesterday on the doorstep, getting out...
by Conor Pope | May 5, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
In the rush to lay responsibility for these results with everyone but themselves, the Labour leadership has got its excuses muddled, writes Conor Pope The leading Labour quote on the BBC news bulletins this morning was John McDonnell saying that people need to wait...
by Ralph Scott | May 4, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
English education reinforces social segregation – but it does not have to, writes Ralph Scott Last year’s referendum on membership of the European Union united the country in one way: it created a new consensus that our country is dangerously divided. It did not take...
by Ben Dilks | May 3, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine, Tanked Up
Another day, another thinktank. Tony Blair has announced he is to launch the Institute for Global Change. The project will bring together his existing initiatives under one roof, including work on African governance, fighting religious extremism, and Middle East...
by Conor Pope | May 2, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
When fringe parties talk of forming a ‘progressive’ alliance, their aim is to weaken the Labour party and help themselves, argues Progress deputy editor Conor Pope There are only two political parties in Britain. The culture in this country means that for...
by Stephen Twigg MP | May 1, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
The defining image of the 1997 election night should give us ambition, writes Stephen Twigg I joined Enfield Southgate Labour party in 1982 when I was 15. It was very much a ‘true blue’ Conservative stronghold. In 1992 there was a healthy four per cent swing from...
by Dan Callaghan | May 1, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
Diversity was something to be celebrated, not ignored, argues Dan Callaghan To be openly gay in 21st century Britain is not always a picnic, but it is a damn sight easier now than it was in the recent past. Everyone knows about the legal changes on lesbian, gay,...
by Gurjinder Dhaliwal | May 1, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
New Labour understood that aspiration is key to social justice, writes Gurjinder Dhaliwal It may seem strange to think of this now but when I was growing up the idea of Labour being in power was normal, natural and seemed like the default. For me, Labour was the party...
by Rosie Corrigan | May 1, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
It was Tory attempts to reverse New Labour achievements that politicised a generation, says Rosie Corrigan I was four years old when the political earthquake that was the May 1997 general election took place. I grew up in the Yorkshire market town of Selby. A proud,...
