by Richard Angell | Dec 20, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Richard Angell picks his favourite podcast episodes from 2017 Following Labour party conference 2017 Progress launched its own podcast, Progressive Britain. It is the brainchild of Alison McGovern – our amazing chair – and hosted by my colleague Conor Pope. It is...
by Blair McDougall | Dec 19, 2017 | Section: Progress Magazine
Scottish Labour should be unambiguously pro-union and anti-hard Brexit, argues Blair McDougall After a bruising, unexpected and unnecessary leadership contest Scottish Labour’s new leader Richard Leonard will have the whole party behind him as he faces three big...
by Richard Angell | Dec 18, 2017 | Progressive reviews
David Miliband presents a compelling explanation of the issue that dominates his work, writes Richard Angell In his new book, David Miliband guides the reader between three experiences that shape his views of refugees and displaced people – his parents, the ‘first...
by Ben Bradshaw MP | Dec 18, 2017 | BrexitWatch, Section: Progress Magazine
Brexit’s impact on the NHS is already proving devastating, writes Ben Bradshaw My most memorable doorstep encounter during the referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union was in the last week, with an elderly Exeter couple, solidly Labour, with...
by Robert Philpot | Dec 15, 2017 | The Last Word
Steve Bannon lost the Republicans a safe seat, writes The Last Word columnist Robert Philpot When the histories of Donald Trump’s presidency are written, Ray Moore’s defeat in the Alabama special election this week may come to be seen as a turning point. Alabama was...
by Reg Race | Dec 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
What do Ramsay MacDonald, Harold Wilson, Tony Blair and Jeremy Corbyn have in common? Surprisingly, quite a lot. Let us assume it is May 2022 and Jeremy Corbyn has won a general election victory. He has beaten the odds, retained the youth vote, persuaded some swing...
by Sam Alvis | Dec 14, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
The Tories’ fragility and divisions have given Labour the opportunity to take a real lead on the most pressing issue in the country, writes Sam Alvis Theresa May’s position looks remarkably stable compared to just a few weeks ago, when she appeared...
by Adrian McMenamin | Dec 14, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
How reformism brings revolution – Adrian McMenamin on what we can learn from a century old leftwing novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is a book that has gone in and out of fashion: popular with British troops in the second world war it was said, perhaps...
by Richard Angell | Dec 13, 2017 | Section: Web exclusive
Boycotts are to the left what Trump’s unilateral support for Jerusalem as the capital is to the right, argues Richard Angell Peace in the Middle East – or the lack of it – has been thrown to the front of people’s minds as the United States’ president’s determination...
by Spencer Livermore | Dec 13, 2017 | Progressive reviews, Section: Progress Magazine
Gordon Brown is likely to be remembered as Labour’s greatest chancellor. Will his reputation as prime minister improve with time too? Spencer Livermore thinks so Gordon Brown’s memoir has so far largely been viewed through the prism of his relationship with Tony...
