A minority government can work
When Ed Miliband walks into Downing Street next May – and if you cut through all the flim…
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Unchain our charities – here’s the reality of the gagging law
Now that Remembrance Sunday has passed I want to share with you a real example of what effect…
UK Aid – a convincing case
This week we were reminded by one of the world’s leading businessmen and philanthropists that the UK Government…
How to challenge UKIP’s vision of England
I’d love to see a head-to head debate between Ed Miliband and Nigel Farage. Forget the Tories, with…
The election in Scotland matters to all of us
The choice of the next leader of the Scottish Labour Party is clearly one for Scots alone. Scottish…
Why we can’t, and won’t, run everything from the centre
Call it localism, devolution, self-determination or whatever you like, it is clear the English people want to have more of a say over what happens where they live and…
When governments stop funding them, art institutions end up being used as PR tools
“Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not…
To change the game you have to win the game
What a week we’ve had. And thanks to a dreadful showing in the latest Ipsos Mori poll what…
Rethinking the Third Way
Taking the Third Way as a form of compromise between the Old Left and the New Right, the…
A sustainable solution to the NHS deficit
Amid growing fears amongst Labour and Tories alike about the scale of the NHS deficit, it is more…
