Harold Wilson Articles

What do Ramsay MacDonald, Harold Wilson, Tony Blair and Jeremy Corbyn have in common? Surprisingly, quite a lot. Let us assume it is May 2022 and Jeremy Corbyn has won a general election victory. He has beaten the odds, retained the youth vote, persuaded some swing...

Progressive politics should be looking to the future, not trying to nationalise the private sector The Labour party has been having a row about the role of the state, markets, and the profit motive since Queen Victoria was on the throne. Early radicals and socialists...

How do the policy challenges of 1997 compare with the ones we face today, asks Stella Creasy Tony Blair did not send a single email in office. The 1997 manifesto pledged to get rid of outside toilets in schools, such was the condition of our public services. Back then...

For as long as Labour considers centrism to be 'boring, managerial politics', the public will continue not to listen to it – and they will be right not to, argues James Wood It is a truth universally acknowledged that any political party seeking to be elected must...