The real Big Society
In the late 1980s, I took part in Neil Kinnock’s policy review – ‘Meet the Challenge, Make the…
Fabian Society
Liveblog: Fabian New Year Conference and Ed Miliband speech
17.52: Building a million new homes wins the race at a canter as the chosen Fabian pledge. Incidentally,…
Ed Miliband to headline Fabian New Year conference
Ed Miliband will be the “special guest” for this year’s Fabian New Year conference, which kicks off the…
The state needs a Self Determination Act
The British state is a monster and it’s a consequence of its constitution. Ministerial responsibility, the centralised, unitary…
Ed Miliband’s speech to Fabian conference
It’s a great pleasure to be here at the Fabians. I am looking forward to our conversation. But…
Miliband puts Cameron on the back foot – and delivers his best speech yet
Today, Ed Miliband gave his best speech yet as Labour leader – and having seen dozens of them,…
Mulder, Scully, Ed and the Fabians
I’m an odd sort of politico at times. Like all other political obsessives, I have my passions, my…
Introducing Ed’s converts
It’s a truism of politics that elections are won from the centre-ground. New Fabian analysis suggests however that…
Why Labour must get off the sidelines on Europe
With the European right rallying behind Nicolas Sarkozy for the upcoming French presidential election, Ed Miliband must now…
What is our “Economic Alternative”?
What is Labour’s economic alternative? It’s a legitimate question, and one that – nearly two years on from…
