Progress political weekend Articles

Like some in the Labour party I have recently found myself asking, ‘Is this still the party for me?’ My first memory of politics – like most people my age – is from 1997 and waking up to news that Labour, and some guy called Tony Blair, was now in government. As a...

Welcome and thank you. Now, I want to be cheerful this morning; in particular, I don’t want to puncture the feel good mood created by Wes Streeting’s wonderful speech at last night’s dinner. We may be down, we may be feeling lost and friendless, we may even have...

It is good to be here at Progress. Good to be among an audience that takes pride in Labour’s achievements in government and wants to get back there again. Good to be with friends who see building a winning coalition and governing the country not as the desertion of...

I want to talk about three challenges facing our party, and what we must do to respond. The biggest challenge for Labour is to be relevant - to have ‘skin in the game’ on the key issues facing Britain. The continuing risks and weakness in the global economy, and our...