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Section: Progress Magazine Articles

A woman’s place?

Thirty-eight years on, things have changed for the better – but not enough, argues Barbara Follett The idea that British women might be interested in politics is relatively recent. Their participation in this cruelly challenging occupation is even more so. This is...

Sinking without a trace

Another dispatch from inside the Westminster village Which is deserting Labour faster, voters or leadership authority? It is a surprisingly tough question. On the one hand, it barely registers as a shock that Labour can poll third with working-class voters, or lose...

Another wake-up call

The Copeland byelection was a rejection of Jeremy Corbyn’s politics The February byelection results are so bad it is taking some time for them to sink in. Jeremy Corbyn becomes the first Labour leader since Michael Foot to lose a seat in opposition to the government....

No silver lining

The Copeland and Stoke byelection results were historically bad for Labour, says Lewis Baston —The byelection results from Copeland and Stoke-on-Trent Central are a shaming, mortifying embarrassment to the Labour party. There is no gloss that can be applied to excuse...