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If the idea of progressive patriotism was once anathema, for ‘One Nation’ Labour it's a powerful framework for centre left values. If we once thought progress meant weakening national identities there has been a profound rethink. Opening…
Every political activist has, at some time, asked why they bother. Friends and family often can't understand it. Often we can't understand it ourselves. The crisis of politics, which I've written about before on these pages, is huge…
Many people are asking, given the austerity drive of this “party of the rich” led government, the effects of which are really going to hammer home come April of next year, whether Ed Miliband can lean to the left when challenging the…
David Cameron didn't deliver a bad speech at his party conference; it was fine. Tories will have loved it : a defence of privilege, phoney, puffed-up patriotism, no mention of the Liberal Democrats, no mention of the environment…
Ed Miliband's conference speech yesterday was everything it needed to be. Bold, engaging, heartfelt and delivered with a touch of class. But it did far more than just tick boxes. After two years Ed finally answered Labour's most pressing…
It is great to be in Labour Manchester. And you know Manchester has special memories for me because two years ago I was elected the leader of this party. I’m older. I feel a lot older actually. I hope I’m a bit wiser. But I am prouder than…
The notion of ‘patriotism’ has been met by most members of the Labour Party of the last few decades with something between haughty derision and outright revulsion. Yet as the response to the London 2012 Opening Ceremony and subsequent…
By embracing a social democratic patriotism, the Olympic opening ceremony has succeeded where Labour MPs have failed. When I first sat down to draft an article on the need for a more patriotic Labour party, Andy Murray was still one game…
Nick Buckles, Chief Executive of embattled security firm G4S, has made plenty of astonishing statements these past few days. Yet for me, there has been nothing more shocking than the verbal shrug of the shoulders that explained how ‘normal’…
It’s a basic rule of politics that you need to secure your base. Without a sound platform of support, you can’t reach beyond your core voters to the additional thousands you need to form a government. Once in government, you need to win…
