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The Times Articles

Do what is right, not what is easy

'Quod Justum Non Quod Utile' - my old school motto. For those of you that are not Latin scholars, and believe me I am one of you, it reads 'Do what is right, not what is easy'. (For those that are Latin scholars I'm sure you'll tell me it's mistranslated in some way!)...

Avoiding the lure of ‘Digital Bennites’

In a Times opinion piece published earlier today Rachel Sylvester came up with a new term to describe those much-vaunted and relentless digital proponents of the hard-left: Digital Bennites. Digital Bennites – I am sure you know who I'm talking about – are the bane of...

Question Time

Progress’ Question Time took place shortly after Ed Miliband’s speech to conference on Tuesday and as usual was wide-ranging, challenging – and controversial. Panellist Michael Leahy, general-secretary of Community, the Union for Life, welcomed a relaxed and...

Beyond handbag economics

During the last Labour leadership election, it was Philip Collins, Tony Blair’s former chief speechwriter, who posed the question in The Times on 20 August 2010: what does it mean to be leftwing when there is ‘nothing left in the kitty’? Since 2010, there has not been...