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Change is in the air. Not since the controversy surrounding the Iraq War has British politics been so shaken from without. The public are baying for blood. The pitiful excuses of those caught indulging in extravagant 'necessities' has turned into to the universal self-flagellation of our political elites. Those unwilling to repent are swiftly being dispatched.

Pay-per-view peep shows in all likelihood will be banned these days in Jacqui Smith's second pad (also know as the family home) after her hubby charged taxpayers a tenner to watch a couple of mucky movies while she lodged with her sister in London.

The public service reform agenda cannot succeed simply by the top down imposition of centralised targets or more market based choice. In our latest report "Co-production: the modernisation of public services by staff and users" we discuss the formation of a new public service reform paradigm based on the principle and practice of co-production.

Barack Obama's victory offers a real chance to rebuild the transatlantic partnership. America has decided. Barack Obama will move into the White House as the 44th President of the United States.

Labour has got to stop running scared for fear of offending and make the case for its politics. At a reception last month, I was collared by one of the architects of New Labour who took it upon himself to walk over and lecture me on the electoral folly of Compass, on whose management committee I sit.

These are momentous times for British and world politics and in particular for the centre-left. For 30 years we have lived in the shadow of neo-liberalism. For the last 11 years New Labour has tried, with important successes, to humanise Thatcherism.