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Great changes have swept across society in the last few decades. We need to take stock and think deeply about the kind of country we aspire to become. The character of our country is made great by its people, and the character of the people…
In a heavily trailled speech Jon Cruddas will endorse the broad direction of a new report from the IPPR that argues for five year spending settlements for local authorities and a more ‘relational’ approach to public services. Giving more…
The biggest British political event of 2014 is, potentially, the vote on Scottish independence onSeptember 18. I say “British”, but it is of course just Scottish residents who will be voting “yes” or “no” to breaking free from the United…
What’s the big idea? That’s the question often asked of opposition parties as they make their pitch to the electorate. If voters are going to be persuaded that it’s “time for a change”, there has to be something of substance to change to…
For those who don’t know, Joan McAlpine is an SNP MSP (and Parliamentary aide to Alex Salmond) who, to put it kindly, has said some controversial things in her relatively short elected career. She caused anger in Belfast and elsewhere by…
I didn't know Ralph Miliband, although I knew many who did. But I did know Lou Kenton, of the same generation, also a Jewish Marxist, who distinguished himself as a volunteer ambulance driver with the International Brigades in Spain and…
Nick Clegg has spent this morning touring the TV and radio studios to hold a debate about a debate, discussing the significance of whether or not Vince Cable turns up to support the party leadership in a vote on the economy. If it sounds…
The care and support we offer those who serve in our nation's name is something we rightly celebrate every day, and in particular this weekend and today, Armed Forces Day. Our Armed Forces stationed overseas are at the forefront of all our…
Much has written in the last few days about the raft of Bills introduced by the self-proclaimed "Tory Taliban". These Tory backbenchers have introduced more than 40 Bills on a range of issues from bringing back the death penalty to…
In 1997 “Things could only get better.” In 1963 Harold Wilson’s “White hot heat of the technological revolution” matched President Kennedy’s goal of “sending an American safely to the Moon before the end of the decade”. They inspired…
