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The comprehensive system works
By Mike Ion / @mikeion I enjoyed reading Ian Silvera’s piece on LabourList about the failures of the…
Dear politicians – stay where you are
By Sue Marsh / @suey2y Soon enough, recess will be over and all the politicians will come sauntering…
Warning: Euro-iceberg approaching
Freethinking with Rob Marchant As we pass an unusually newsworthy summer on the domestic front with phone-hacking and…
Labour’s new and indispensable opportunity
By Ashley Walsh It is a longstanding tension across Labour’s right and left that the party has been…
The Riots: There must be punishment but not division
By David Hodges As the dust settles, with London returning to relative normality, the commentary has begun dissecting…
Could Tom Harris be Scottish Labour’s next leader?
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk According to the BBC: Mr Harris said he still hoped a senior MP…
The Osborne Effect – Britain vs Europe
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk GDP growth over the past three quarters Figures for Ireland and Greece haven’t…
Let’s not allow another ‘missed generation’
By Jake Morrison After winning my seat at this year’s local elections I visited my old secondary school.…
The British disease: short-termism
By Adam Lent, Associate Fellow at IPPR The recent wild fluctuations in equity markets have once again highlighted…