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Brian Brivati Articles

Machiavelli on our mind

Writing here before the election I argued that we should bring on the progressive coalition. Gordon Brown’s beautifully timed self-sacrifice has now put that in play.

A progressive coalition?

If a Lib-Lab pact would bring on the progressive reform of our institutional structures faster, and more comprehensively than any other result, then bring it on.

People power

Our democracy has been fundamentally weakened, but it could be strenghthened by how we respond now

Supergord?

As he marks his first year in office, Brian Brivati examines the historical – and fictional – parallels for Gordon Brown’s premiership

A progressive coalition?

Apr 19, 2010 | Articles, Section: Web exclusive

As the Royal Navy prepares to evacuate the Easter holiday expeditionary force from the beaches of France a historian's...

People power

May 31, 2009 | Articles, Section: Article

(This article was first published on Comment is Free on 30th May 2009) There is a radical wave of political energy...

Supergord?

Jun 23, 2008 | Articles, Section: Article

He must have wanted to be Harold Macmillan, after Anthony Eden, after Suez. He looks at the moment more like Jim...

Sovereign defence

Jun 2, 2008 | Articles, Section: Article

A History of Political Trials John LaughlandPeter Lang, 315pp, £12.99 This is not a history of political trials...

Reclaiming territory

Mar 1, 2008 | Project challenge: Progressive internationalism

David Miliband’s speech in Oxford last month laid out the clear challenge that faces progressive...

Reclaiming territory

Mar 1, 2008 | Articles, Section: Article

David Miliband’s speech in Oxford last month laid out the clear challenge that faces progressive internationalists in...

Uncomfortable bedfellows

Dec 1, 2007 | Articles, Section: Article

Since its formation a century ago, the Labour party has been a coalition of interests and an amalgam of ideas. From a...

Our international interest

Nov 3, 2006 | Articles, Section: Article

So where do liberal interventionists go from here? The spectre of the possibility of failure and defeat in Afghanistan...

Get involved

Sep 15, 2006 | Articles, Section: Article

A progressive foreign policy should be different from a conservative or reactionary foreign policy. It should be...

Englishman abroad

Sep 8, 2006 | Articles, Section: Article

Ten years ago this month, as it looked certain that Labour would win the forthcoming election, a group of academics...