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Young progressives Articles

Labour’s David and Goliath lesson

Talk to a Labour activist who was involved in the 2010 general eection and the feeling, from my experience, is generally the same: Labour in that election won the 'ground war'. We managed to stop a Conservative majority, we tell ourselves, by traipsing more streets...

Can Labour ever win the deficit argument?

Reading The Independent at my desk yesterday all was going well, I’m still on a high from Sunday’s 5-2 thrashing of Spurs and two pages of coverage on the Leveson Inquiry is always enjoyable. I happily flick to page 6 where I see Labour is up two to 40 per cent, a...

A cross-party alliance for the union

The SNP are good at spin. In 2007, the Labour party suffered greatly in a swing to Alex Salmond’s party. In 2011, we were demolished. Both elections were, in nationalist-speak, clear calls for independence. It is decidedly easy to project, from here in Westminster,...

Time to tackle unpaid internships

Yesterday NUS launched its #payinterns campaign with the TUC and Interns Aware. The debates on internships are not new, but with youth unemployment at a record high it is timely and welcome. But while many sympathise, few feel able to act. No one wants to be accused...