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It has been an extraordinary time for the Labour Party. After a second shattering electoral defeat Labour’s world has been turned upside down by the election of Jeremy Corbyn. The atmosphere has been one of confusion, exhilaration and fear…
It is little more than a month since Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader. The summer of hope is over, the enthusiasm of tens of thousands has been banked for a new, more honest kind of politics. Straight talking is promised. That’s good…
By Jonathan Rutherford Since 1945, Labour has been the principle electoral vehicle for Britain's progressive aspirations, but it has reached a watershed. Its three election victories from 1997 were historically unprecedented, and yet it is…
By Jonathan Rutherford We are living in an extraordinary crisis of liberal market capitalism. This historical moment belongs to the left, but the left did not play any role in the ideological defeat of its nemesis. Liberal market capitalism…
By Jonathan Rutherford In a speech three years ago this March, David Cameron claimed Margaret Thatcher's economic revolution as his own. She had, he said, engineered an enterprise economy that was the envy of the world. Then, he said, "our…
