by John Woodcock MP | Mar 6, 2017 | Commentary, Section: Progress Magazine
Ten years have been wasted but New Labour’s instincts and approach remain relevant The iron curtain fell, Thatcherism was defeated, our schools and hospitals were rebuilt, equalities were enshrined in law and communities became ever more tolerant. My political...
by Matt Kelly | Mar 6, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
Matt Kelly dissects the government’s underwhelming Brexit white paper Two distinct doses of poison must be swallowed in any examination of the Brexit white paper. The first, one of indigestible condescension from the prime minister. The second, the procession of lies,...
by Stephen Timms MP | Mar 6, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
The government must restore balance to the Serious Fraud Office’s funding if it is to continue to command public confidence, writes Stephen Timms MP The Serious Fraud Office began work in 1988. It has a vital task, and is doing a good job. But the way it is...
by Conor Pope | Mar 6, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine, The Progress interview
Women are doing it for each other. Harriet Harman and Jess Phillips tell Richard Angell and Conor Pope about bringing through a next generation of women You are Deliciously Ella and I am like Delia’, Harriet Harman says to Jess Phillips as they sit down in the...
by Conor Pope | Mar 6, 2017 | Monday Politics
The Labour party’s successes do not come by chance, and nor does its failures, writes Progress deputy editor Conor Pope ‘If I hadn’t seen such riches, I could live with being poor,’ sang James in their most famous single, Sit Down, which was released 26 years...
by Barbara Follett | Mar 6, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
Thirty-eight years on, things have changed for the better – but not enough, argues Barbara Follett The idea that British women might be interested in politics is relatively recent. Their participation in this cruelly challenging occupation is even more so. This is...
by Richard Angell | Mar 3, 2017 | The Last Word
Save our NHS, time to speak truth to power on Copeland, gongs gone wrong and thank Lord for the upper house – Progress director Richard Angell has this week’s Last Word Tomorrow I, along with thousands of other Labour activists, will be taking to the street to...
by The Insider | Mar 3, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine, The Insider
Another dispatch from inside the Westminster village Which is deserting Labour faster, voters or leadership authority? It is a surprisingly tough question. On the one hand, it barely registers as a shock that Labour can poll third with working-class voters, or lose...
by Editorial | Mar 3, 2017 | Editorial, Section: Progress Magazine
The Copeland byelection was a rejection of Jeremy Corbyn’s politics The February byelection results are so bad it is taking some time for them to sink in. Jeremy Corbyn becomes the first Labour leader since Michael Foot to lose a seat in opposition to the government....
by Lewis Baston | Mar 3, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
The Copeland and Stoke byelection results were historically bad for Labour, says Lewis Baston —The byelection results from Copeland and Stoke-on-Trent Central are a shaming, mortifying embarrassment to the Labour party. There is no gloss that can be applied to excuse...
