by Chris Carter | Apr 28, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
This week’s polling in Wales should shock Labour into action, argues Chris Carter In the run up to June’s general election, it pays to keep a keen eye out for localised opinion polls. It is with this in mind we should all stand up and pay attention to...
by Alex Porter | Apr 28, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
The French presidential frontrunner will be competing against low turnout to hold back the tide of populism, says Alex Porter Polling, as we are all keenly aware, has been wrong before. Although the outcomes of the upcoming elections either side of the Channel seem...
by Nick Thomas-Symonds MP | Apr 27, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
The strong leadership Labour offers in Wales is being undermined by a Tory government in Westminster, writes Nick Thomas-Symonds I was elected to parliament in May 2015 as one of 25 Welsh Labour members of parliament. Over the course of the last two years I have seen...
by Stephen Kinnock MP | Apr 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
Imagine driving through central London, at rush hour, with no traffic lights. Imagine the Merseyside derby (the fixture that has seen more red cards than any other in British football) being played without a referee. Imagine flights trying to land at Heathrow without...
by Rachel Finnegan | Apr 25, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
We have to act on principles rather than playing politics as we shape our Brexit message, writes Rachel Finnegan It is clear to everyone that there were many reasons the general public voted to leave the European Union on 23 June 2016. The economy, sovereignty,...
by Conor Pope | Apr 24, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
The polls are certain to narrow – and Jeremy Corbyn must set the tone by focusing his efforts in Labour target seats, writes Conor Pope At the last election, many believed that the Liberal Democrats’ collapse in support would not be reflected in the number of...
by Lia Quartapelle | Apr 24, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
December’s referendum on constitutional reform has led to an ongoing reconfiguration of Italian politics, writes Lia Quartapelle. The government’s defeat in the vote led to a shake-up at the top, and new leadership in the form of former foreign affairs minister Paolo...
by Richard Angell | Apr 21, 2017 | The Last Word
Join the Progress team this weekend out on the #labourdoorstep in the West Midlands, Hove, Wirral and across London – Progress director Richard Angell has this week’s Last Word This is going to be one of the strangest general elections ever. We all know how 2015...
by Conor Pope | Apr 21, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
If Tony Blair and Gordon Brown could stand on the ‘longest suicide note in history’ in 1983 – you can stand for Labour now, writes Progress deputy editor Conor Pope The 1983 intake saw three future Labour leaders take their seats in parliament for the...
by Joe Jervis | Apr 21, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
The left has to embrace an inclusive, social democratic patriotism if they hope to win in England and form a government again, argues Joe Jervis I have a hunch that when historians analyse this decade of Labour doom the defining image will not be of Ed Miliband stood...
