Progressive Internationalism Articles

Politicians are never short of advice; ‘some of it unsolicited’, as Ed Miliband said at the beginning of his conference speech. So, a couple of months in, forgive me for giving a few pieces of my own counsel to the new shadow foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper as makes a keynote speech to Chatham House today.

Dear Yvette

Politicians are never short of advice – ‘some of it unsolicited’ as Ed Miliband said at the beginning of his conference speech. So forgive me for giving my own pieces of uninvited, but comradely counsel to you as the new shadow foreign secretary. You have taken on what is a difficult portfolio at the best of times, and I hope this is helpful.

As Cameron travels to the US and Hague to Kabul, early forays suggest the Tories are trying to weave liberal elements into an essentially Conservative foreign policy, but Commonwealth remains above climate change in priorities  

The Federal Parliamentary Labor Party yesterday morning elected an unopposed Julia Gillard to replace Kevin Rudd as Labor Leader and Australia’s 27th Prime Minister. Significantly, Gillard becomes Australia’s first woman Leader. Former PM, Kevin Rudd, decided at the last minute to not contest the leadership spill and instead resigned his Commission as PM, thus avoiding a bloody party room ballot.