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Anthony Painter Articles

Revolt on the Right

A whole section of the electorate is going through a ‘conscious uncoupling’ with the political mainstream. That, in essence, is what is behind the rise of the ‘radical right’ across Europe. It says something about the depth of much political commentary that Robert...
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A late triumph for Michael Young?

Jon Cruddas establishes a frame for reform of power as a choice between Tony Crosland and Michael Young. Crosland espoused the old centralism with a bit of local agency delivery and consultation. Young called instead for a radical devolution of economic and political...
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The State We Need

Some way into Michael Meacher’s manifesto for a ‘renaissance of Britain’ he quotes Winston Churchill on finance. In a historical irony given his record as chancellor, Churchill would rather that finance was the servant of industry than its master. At the end of The...
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Remaking Labour

There are two futures for political parties. Only one will save Labour After the last election, Labour was a broken party. Very little thinking had been done at a senior level about models of party organisation – it is hardly stuff to set pulses racing. So a timid...
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