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The Paul Richards column If you want to imagine what George Douglas Howard Cole was like, you could do worse than watch an episode of Bagpuss. Oliver Postgate, the creator of the children's animated story, modelled Professor Yaffle, the…
By Adrian Prandle When Ed Miliband, in his first leader's speech, told Labour Party Conference that a new generation had taken charge, ears pricked up. He spoke of a new generation 'idealistic about our future' and 'not bound by the fear or…
The Paul Richards column When Richard Tawney was a young man, he was given a rifle and sent out to France to kill Germans. Our view of the First World War focuses on the senseless loss of life, rows of gravestones and horror beyond our…
By Vincenzo Rampulla / @vmrampulla Back in 2008 when the Young Fabians came back from Ohio, having played our part in getting Barack Obama elected as President of the United States of America, our hopes were high that the same scale of…
By Stella Creasy MP / @stellacreasy This is an excerpt from a longer post for the Fabian Society. At a time when 32,000 people have joined or rejoined the party, some might say Labour is renewing itself. But it will take more than new…
By James Green It has almost become cliché to talk about Labour's need to change. After a 'change election' we've had a four-month 'turn the page' leadership contest. Since May 6th change has been the operative word as the party dissects…
By Brian Duggan Today, voters in Sweden go to the polls. They will be testing a one term Conservative-Liberal coalition and the opposition Social Democrats will be hoping to bounce back to power after one term out of office. There is…
By James Mills "A nation is not civilized because a handful of its members are successful…". Although R.H. Tawney is referring to economic inequality, the sentiment can be applied to a political party and a democracy if it is not a matter…
By Joe Cox / @compassoffice I was interested to read last Thursdays article entitled 'The AV referendum is doomed'. The article went on to argue that because the most likely outcome of the AV referendum is a 'no' then any Labour leader…
By Kathryn Perera / @kathrynperera At last night's Labour leadership hustings (organised by the Fabian Women's Network and the Lead4Women campaign), we asked the candidates: "Will you commit to restoring a full funded annual Labour Party…
By Marcus Hobley / @marcushobley The Present In the post-election climate, there is a greater need than ever before for those on the left to present a coherent and well-orchestrated alternative to the coalition's state-shrinking cuts…
By Rob Chesworth / @RobChesworth I spent part of last night at the Fabian Society's Labour leader hustings, and I observed a far more collegiate atmosphere between candidates than at the New Statesman debate I attended last week. The…
