Don’t look back in anger
“A new dawn has broken, has it not?” These were the words of Tony Blair, shortly after a…
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Different messages, same story
It’s hard trying to win a series of different arguments with different groups of people in different places.…
New Labour obituary: this is the modernisers’ Clause Four moment
Yesterday, it was announced that Progress would be dropping their label as “the New Labour pressure group”. This…
Literacy is the key to unlocking the potential of millions
If you are reading this, count yourself lucky; you are not one of the 1 in 5 adults…
LabourList readers divided over European election expectations
The Labour Party is (relatively) becalmed at the moment. Many of you will be out on the doorstep…
We need to fix the UK’s unbalanced economy: here’s how
As President Obama said recently, inequality is the ‘defining challenge of our time’. But if we are serious…
20 ways to make Britain better – 2. Banking on a better benefit system
Over twenty weeks, Nick Pecorelli will be outlining 20 ways to make Britain better. In last week’s column…
We must find the missing schoolgirls. Then we must prevent it happening again
28 days have passed since the abduction of over 200 girls from their school in Chibok in northern…
How will Labour local government lay the ground for power in 2015?
For the first time in 10 years Labour should become the largest group on the LGA (Local Government…
It’s time for the Labour Party to support legalisation of recreational drugs
Recreational Drugs. An issue that has for decades resulted in a political consensus between the main establishment parties…
