by Ruth Smeeth MP | Apr 3, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
Labour only ever wins when it is at the cutting edge of modernity, Tony Blair tells Ruth Smeeth and Wes Streeting Neither of us voted in the 1997 general election; we remember it well enough, as teenagers, but were not old enough to cast a ballot. This takes Tony...
by Conor Pope | Apr 3, 2017 | Monday Politics
Ken Livingstone’s remarks have left a black mark on the name of a party once internationally renowned for its anti-racism, argues Progress deputy editor Conor Pope We were halfway through a tour of Yad Vashem, the Holocaust museum in Jerusalem, when our tour...
by Peter Mandelson | Apr 3, 2017 | PPW17
Full text of the opening speech of the second day of Progress political weekend 2017, given by Peter Mandelson: Our situation is bad, not for the first time and not yet terminal. Labour’s whole history is one of set backs and resets, the first couple of which didn’t...
by Alison McGovern MP | Apr 1, 2017 | PPW17
Full text of the opening speech of Progress political weekend 2017, given by Progress chair Alison McGovern MP: Hello everyone and welcome to Progress political weekend 2017. Before I start I just want to thank Richard, Matthew, Laura, Conor, Jerome and the whole team...
by Richard Angell | Mar 31, 2017 | The Last Word
Theresa May triggers article 50, Jeremy Corbyn’s abysmal polling in London and the NHS – Progress director Richard Angell has this week’s Last Word Auf Wiedersehen, Europe Wednesday was a day of real sorrow. The triggering of article 50 has been a long...
by Seema Malhotra MP | Mar 31, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
Philip Hammond missed the chance to change course with his post-Brexit budget, argues Seema Malhotra MP It is fair to say the budget headlines did not go as Philip Hammond planned: ‘Spite van man’, ‘Tories break tax vow’, ‘Phil picks a pocket or two’, ‘Rob the builder...
by Charlie Cadywoud | Mar 31, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Richard Dawkins’ ‘European party’ would likely split the pro-European vote and let more Brexiteers into parliament, writes Charlie Cadywould Bitter memories of the failed Social Democratic party mean that few, if any, centrist Labour members of...
by Holly Lynch MP | Mar 31, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
Cuts to services are endangering those who protect us, warns Holly Lynch The risks emergency workers take every day were thrown into the headlines last month when PC Keith Palmer gave his life to keep others – and our democracy – safe from terrorism. Between 1997 and...
by Ben Bradshaw MP | Mar 30, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Our party must be prepared to force the government back to the negotiating table – or keep Britain in the European Union – if it delivers a bad Brexit deal, argues Ben Bradshaw MP Triggering article 50 was the easy bit. The government now faces the most difficult and...
by The Insider | Mar 30, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine, The Insider
Delayed: the 2020 service from opposition Like everything else the Labour party turns its hand to these days, the preparation for the Manchester Gorton byelection has not gone smoothly. The local party, having been suspended in the summer, still has a number of...
