Blair/Brown government Articles

The coalition is going to fall. Not today, regardless of what happens in the Commons later. Not tomorrow. But soon. The Liberal-Conservative alliance is entering its terminal phase. They have exhausted the supply of topics that they can agree on, and their ability to...

The first thing to acknowledge when we talk about the centre-ground is that it shifts. It shifts with political change, economic change and it is moved through leadership as well as changing times. The second thing to recognise is that the centre-ground is in a...

Is Labour prepared for another highly political budget from George Osborne? One day above all reminds us who is in power, and who is in opposition, and that is budget day. On 21 March George Osborne will deliver his budget against a backdrop of rising borrowing,...

Despite the fact that the 20th century was dominated by Conservative victories at the ballot box, there is an embarrassment of riches for those seeking to make the case for their choice for Labour’s greatest leader. Arguments for Attlee, Gaitskell and, of course, the...