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Like Ed, we should all be friends of Israel

In common with many British Jews, Ed Miliband has a close family association with Israel. In a speech this week to Labour Friends of Israel, the Labour leader described his grandmother’s emigration to Israel and his visits as a young man to Yad Vashem, the monument to...
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New or Future Socialism?

In a recent article, Neal Lawson and John Harris argue that the Labour party must take up a ‘New Socialism’ that better fits the times we live in. To be sure, times have changed since the early days of New Labour and particularly since the recession, and we must adapt accordingly. But New Socialism isn’t the solution.

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What’s left of localism?

In responding to the forthcoming localism bill and the cuts to council budgets, Labour needs to redefine its own localist vision if it is to be the true champion of communities.

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Left behind

Social democratic parties in Britain, the Netherlands and Sweden have all taken an electoral battering this year. Roger Liddle and Simon Latham ask whether social democracy has a future in Europe

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