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Patrick Diamond Articles

The modernisers’ manifesto

Conservatives still lack a strategy for the future John Stuart Mill once described the Tories as ‘the stupid party’. On the evidence of The Modernisers’ Manifesto, published last month by Bright Blue, a self-described pressure group for liberal conservatism, the party...
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Too little choice, too little control

Our Progress paper on ‘reform in an age of austerity’ was intended as a positive contribution to the debate on the centre-left about how to reshape United Kingdom public services for the future. The responses to the paper from Philip Collins, Paul Corrigan, Jon...
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Lessons from history

Incremental reforms to government are most likely to succeed Throughout history, reform of the state has legitimately been a priority for progressives in British politics. Towards the end of the first world war, a coalition of liberals and Fabians established the...
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Of hawkishness and hope – winning in 2015

How does Labour win in 2015 on policy? The first step is clearly securing credibility on the economy. Labour has to be hawkish on the deficit, not only in theory but in practice. History demonstrates that successful political parties are willing to identify their...
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