Labour’s horror-show relationship with the south continues Here we are again. The Southern Discomfort series, begun in...
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Southern Discomfort Articles
The politics of delusion
In November 1988, the Democrat presidential candidate, Michael Dukakis, led his party to its third consecutive defeat....
Two years to 2015: where is Labour at?
Andrew Adonis opened the Progress political weekend at Stoke Rochford Hall by saying it was important not to be...
Southern insecurity
New research on public opinion in the south of England finds pessimism about the future and about politics – but...
Back on track
Winning back London’s commuter belt is key to restoring Labour’s fortunes in marginals throughout the country, argues...
Eastern promise
Labour's performance in eastern England in 2010 was disastrous, with Luton the only bright spot. The swing against the...
Southern discomfort on the ground
I notice in the last Progress magazine we appear to be back on focus groups as a evidential source. They may have a...
Left behind
To say that social democracy is today in crisis across Europe is a statement of the obvious. In the late 1990s,...
Going south
After Labour's fourth consecutive defeat in 1992, the challenge for the party was to develop a new political identity,...
All’s fair
From a government ramping up VAT, abolishing universal child benefit, and liberalising tuition fees we have suddenly...
Reviewing the situation
The new leader's address to party conference was, perhaps, rather too concerned with playing to what he perceived to...
Response to Southern Discomfort Again
2010 is indeed the second worst defeat in Labour's history. Described by David Cowling in the paper as ‘a...