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Mondeo Man Articles

How Worcester woman became Aldi mum

Mondeo man and Worcester woman dominated political talk in the 1990s. Who are today’s equivalents, asks Caroline Flint It might seem like a contradiction, but to elect a ‘One Nation’ Labour government in 2015 will require careful targeting. Like any political party,...

Marxism Today and Labour

The organisational focus for this group on the left was what in the end turned out to be the improbably named monthly magazine ‘Marxism Today’, an official organ of the Communist party. The brainy vanguard was led by the Editor Martin Jacques. It included people like...

The Stevenage test

The local election results show no sign of halting the ‘hidden landslide’ still heading towards Labour. Only when Ed Miliband’s party can pass the ‘Stevenage test’ will it become nationally electable again

Response to Southern Discomfort Again

In a reprise of the Southern Discomfort paper produced after the 1992 election defeat, Giles Radice, veteran MP and Fabian, this time working with erstwhile Number 10 adviser Patrick Diamond, has produced a coherent and well researched rapid response to the disappearance of the Labour vote in the south of England and the tenuous grip on constituencies in the Midlands following the general election result.