This week we published Downfall: Is Labour dead and how can radical hope be rebuilt? (PDF). It argues that 2015 was not like any other defeat. There are no…
09 Jun, 2015
03 Jun, 2015
Austerity, aspiration and the politics of hope
In the aftermath of the 2015 election, much of the commentary centred on the Labour Party’s failure to speak to the ‘aspiration’ of voters to secure better lives for themselves…
30 May, 2015
Radical Hope London – all the news and how to get involved
Have a read of what happened in the open space groups at our London post election gathering in May and get involved in whatever way you can - some wonderful things…
29 May, 2015
What Hope For Radical Politics?
Two weeks after the 1992 general election I could scarcely drag myself out of bed. So how come, two short weeks after another heart-sinking election victory for the radical right,…
28 May, 2015
Adrift in the New Labour comfort zone
In August 2010, Labour leadership frontrunner David Miliband made the argument that his brother Ed's policies risked returning Labour to "the comfortable but deadening policies of the past... its comfort…
22 May, 2015
Common sense is non-sense & the role of social science
Misinformation and vitriolic victim-blaming dominate politics in England. As we enter another five-year period under Conservative rule, policy may still roll out the old ‘what works?' mantra but with little…
21 May, 2015
Hope and square one
A square one moment: That was how Guardian columnist John Harris described this post election phase at the excellent Compass Radical Hope event last Saturday – a time for drawing…
19 May, 2015
Labour cannot afford a sterile debate
I would bet my last penny that Labour is about to embark on a sterile debate. It will be symptomatic of the disease that has afflicted the party ever since…
11 May, 2015
Post-election statement: finding radical hope
At one level last Thursday was an un-expectedly bleak night. The way the daily lives of so many will now be crushed feels almost unbearable to countenance. But anyone reading…
07 May, 2015
Labour Pains: giving birth to a new politics
Collaboration is a vital capacity for a more plural and participatory space. Whatever happens on polling day, the General Election 2015 has been chaotic. The growing complexity of British politics,…
30 Apr, 2015
Can Scottish Labour clear up the mess it has got itself into?
Something amazing is happening in the UK general election in Scotland. Its campaign and mood is so different from the rest of the UK. Voters are animated and engaged: one…
24 Apr, 2015
SNP, Greens and Plaid Cymru join host of celebrities in petition to push incoming government to scrap Trident
Celebrities including Damon Albarn and Irvine Welsh have backed an online petition designed to show the strength of opposition to the nuclear arsenal A new campaign has been launched to…