We messed up: what can Labour learn from Domino's Pizza?

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

Following on from James Crabtree‘s essay on why Labour should apologise for its mistakes in the excellent Prospect Magazine, and Jessica Asato’s follow-up on LabourList, Alex Massie at Coffee House has written a brilliant blogpost on how Labour can learn from Domino’s Pizza.

Hear him out, and here’s what Domino’s did in the meantime.

Alex Smith

Alex is the founder and CEO of The Cares Family. He was editor and first director of LabourList in 2009-2010, during which time he established the site as the number one Labour blog, and later an aide to Ed Miliband.

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