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The chance for a new form of European leadership

It is Leon Panetta’s first week as the new US defence secretary. The UK and Europe shouldn’t join the inevitable chorus of people telling him how to do his job but rather we should ask how we can take the opportunity to work with the US in new ways to retain and strengthen our own global influence.

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Labour intensive

With the coalition’s public services white paper delayed and rewritten, Labour faces both an opportunity and a threat, argues Nick Pearce

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The Primrose Hill Set

It’s hard to know what to do with anonymous and unsolicited advice. For me, The Progressive’s In Defence of Tesco read like one of those spam emails advising me to lose weight or to visit some exotic plain; I wasn’t sure why a stranger was offering me this advice and I am suspicious of their motives.

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Who are the working class?

The starting point of Deborah Mattinson’s recent research into the attitudes of the working class is questionable. She claims only 24 per cent percent of the population view themselves as working class. This is very odd because Tory funder Lord Ashcroft’s recent Project Blueprint research

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