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Philip Gould Lecture Articles

Five years of Progress

Looking back over a parliament of working for a Labour majority as Labour’s new mainstream 2010 ORGANISING TO WIN The first Progress pamphlet of the parliament examined seats that performed against the odds in the last general election. Organising to Win looked at...

We should feel confident drawing on Blair’s legacy

Last Monday saw a gathering of the great and good – or not depending on your position on the ‘Third Way’ – during the inaugural Philip Gould lecture. Tony Blair gave us a timely reminder of the achievements of successive Labour governments at the venue where 20 years...

Evidence-based progressive ideals

This past week I was lucky enough to have a ticket for London’s biggest ‘nostalgia’ show. I had bought it because I wasn’t there the first time around and wanted to experience some of the star power and excitement from all those years ago. In the end I gave my...

Future first

Elections are always about the future. Tony Blair emphasised this point in his Philip Gould Lecture, perhaps because it was a reminder of Gould’s own relentlessly forward-looking politics. Yet an accounting is needed too. Because for the Labour party, Blair is now in...