The seeds of the Government’s current political and economic difficulties were sown a long time ago. “This pudding has no theme” was a Churchillism that could be applied to budgets…
12 Dec, 2025
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07 Nov, 2025
‘How to Stop Labour’s Autumn of Discontent Turning Into Farage’s Winter of Despair’
Keir Starmer’s Government must learn the lessons of history, or risk paving the way for an authoritarian future under Nigel Farage and Reform. History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does…
21 Aug, 2025
‘Why Optimism of the Intellect Is Needed to Counter Britain’s Spiral Into Despair’
From public support for progressive policies to the courage of Palestine Action defenders, signs of a better future are emerging despite Labour’s authoritarian drift. Where does hope come from? The…
11 Aug, 2025
‘A Government That Crushes Dissent and Eliminates Hope Will Never Prosper’
The authoritarian impulse to eliminate disagreement and dampen hope will only push voters towards the extremes. Apparently if you’re awful enough to cut the legs off one side of a…
25 Jul, 2025
The New Left: Could a Jeremy Corbyn Led Party Really Break the Duopoly?
There are huge barriers to creating new parties of the left, but it just might be possible. The Labour Party? You can't live with it and you can't live without…
14 Jul, 2025
‘Progressives Must Unite Against Nigel Farage and National Populism or Reform Will Win’
The series of numbers that really matter in UK politics right now. What do this sequence of numbers represent and do they matter: 4, 5, 6, 9, 72,121 and 411?…
07 Jul, 2025
‘Keir Starmer Is Out of His Depth and Out of His Time’
The Prime Minister’s recent troubles expose how badly our political leaders have lost touch with the shifting demands of the modern era. It’s hard in modern politics not to think…
20 Jun, 2025
‘Labour Apart: How Morgan McSweeney Levered the Left Out of Power’
The story of how Keir Starmer’s chief adviser hoodwinked Labour party members tells us a lot about how power really works. The book Get In, about Keir Starmer’s rise to…
09 Jun, 2025
‘Seven Reasons the Left Keeps on Losing’
Progressives need to learn these lessons from the national populists in order to defeat them. “The victory of ideas needs organising”. These are the wise words of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.…
28 May, 2025
‘Why the Critics of University Expansion May Have Had a Point’
Opening up higher education to half the country hasn’t been quite the progressive boon we were promised. For someone who thinks they know their own mind and has a clear…
13 May, 2025
‘The Cold Electoral Cynicism Behind Keir Starmer’s Blue Labour Strategy’
The Prime Minister’s advisers believe that when push comes to shove most progressive voters will have no real choice but to vote Labour, and they may be right. Ok let's…
07 May, 2025
‘We Are Witnessing the Slow Death of Two Party Politics’
UK politics is approaching a tipping point where the failing duopoly that has governed Britain for many decades finally comes to an end. UK politics has been slowly but steadily…