The problem with paranoid leadership
Ed doesn’t have it. Gordon Brown probably did. Some of the Parliamentary Labour Party do. It makes the…
Jon Wilson
How Labour should rule: low pay and low skills
How should Labour rule? In this election campaign we’ve got a critique and some policies. Come May 7…
Labour needs to reclaim liberty for the left
‘Liberty’, Liz Kendall and Lisa Nandy argue in a collection of essays published by Compass yesterday, ‘should be…
Forget Osborne’s tactics, this budget has nothing to say about growth
How does the budget look from the industrial estates of England? Those forgotten lands of low ugly sheds…
Labour need to stand against the tyranny of big corporate power as well as dictatorial presidents
One of the biggest political issues of the 1680s was how England should trade with Asia. Should our…
Cameron’s Cowardice shows the collapse of modern Conservatism
The Conservative electorate strategy is to contrast their ‘strong leadership’ (as it says on their website) with Labour’s supposed…
Why we need Blue Labour
Opposition is the most intellectually creative time for any political party. But Blue Labour has been the only…
The politics of Win-Lose
Win or lose in May, Ed Miliband will have transformed British politics. Miliband’s best days have come when…
Humility beats hubris – what Labour can learn from Delhi’s revolution
Delhi’s Spring has come early. A charismatic right-wing leader with rich backers has been defeated by a mass…
What’s Labour’s problem with business?
What, exactly, is Labour’s problem with business? For much of the media and a few in the party…
