This is a crisis for most – but it’s still boom time for those at the top
We’re almost at the mid-point of a national tragedy: a Tory Government during an economic crisis. On its…
Class
Lessons from Bradford
Many will try to draw their own conclusions from the Bradford by election defeat; more often than not…
Do we need more working class MPs?
Inequality, class and the crisis
Redistributive policies need to be part of the answer to income inequality, and politicians should lead the way…
A new class politics
The recession has brought class inequality back into view by exposing the unjust distribution of wealth and power…
Are all prejudices the same?
On Saturday, I chaired a sparky question time style debate at the Fabian conference 2012 (which, incidentally, was…
We need more working class MPs to get more working class leaders
One member of the House of Lords who expressed an interest in the Labour Diversity Fund to me…
The language battle
Rereading Andrew Adonis and Stephen Pollard’s 1997 book A Class Act: The Myth of Britain’s Classless Society, illustrates…
