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Under Tony Blair, the Labour Party became the most successful post-war election winning machine in recent British history. A decade later it is reduced to denouncing its greatest successes and demonising the only Labour leader alive to move…
Tony Blair today warned Labour about shifting to the left, but not simply to win elections - arguing that the choice "between the pursuit of power and the purity of principle" was a false one. Speaking to members of Progress on the 21st…
Progress have today endorsed Liz Kendall for Labour leader and Tessa Jowell for London Mayor - but they have chosen not to place an endorsement in the deputy leadership race. The decision was made by the Progress strategy board, who are…
Richard Angell recalls the moves a couple of years ago to have Progress, the organisation he directs, excluded from the Labour Party. Ungenerously, he omits to record that Len McCluskey spoke out, on behalf of Unite, against any such…
Last week, I – and 2,000 others – were followed by a new Twitter account, Break the Link. Using Progress branding, it claims to represent the views of members of the organisation of which I am the director. It purports to be for those who…
You can also watch Dan Jarvis' speech in full here. It’s great to be here – although like everyone I hoped to be coming to this conference under very different circumstances. It has been a sobering week for us all. And I want to begin by…
There have been some brilliant dissections of Labour’s defeat over the last week, particularly from Dan Jarvis, Steve Reed, and Robert Philpot. There will be more at Progress’ annual conference today. It is vital we talk about how badly we…
Tomorrow is the Progress Annual conference. As always, they have an impressive array of speakers. But the lunchtime session,Deciding the decade to come: How does Labour win back Britain?, may be the one that piques the most interest. On the…
In the final weeks before the general election, as the rapid pursuit for promises becomes more fraught, the election campaign metaphorically turns into the final dash in 1990s television programme Supermarket Sweep. In the Big Sweep round…
The polls have been remarkably stable over the first two months of this year. In the end, the heralded “Green Surge” was as muted as a Natalie Bennett explanation of her party’s housing policy funding. It existed for about a week in…
When no fewer than eight MPs from the main governing party, seven in seats targeted by the opposition, decide to throw in the towel after just one term in office, something’s up. As well as being an immense privilege, attempting to become…
Labour group Progress have confirmed that Richard Angell has been appointed as their new director. Angell has been deputy director for several years, and has been acting director since the departure of Robert Philpot last month. The…
