Tag: Labour Party

Bernstein, Wilson, Blair, Starmer, Ardern
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Joe Pollard

New New Labour? Values-based Social Democracy

Following the recent electoral victories of Joe Biden, Olaf Scholz, Anthony Albanese and Jacinda Ardern, with further victories on the cards in Brazil and the UK, it looks like, after a period in the wilderness, social democrats are back. This is a welcome development, but all of the incumbents (perhaps

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Paul Richards

The Labour Party Is A Party For Government, Not Protest

Only the most cynical or the most naïve people parrot the lie that Sam Tarry was ‘sacked for appearing on a picket line.’ If that was even a little bit true then Lisa Nandy would have been out on her ear, along with several other frontbenchers over this summer of discontent.

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Justin Trudeau, Olaf Scholz and Anthony Albanese standing in front of an enlarged Keir Starmer
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Alex Kingston

Learning from Progressive Winners Across the Globe

The 2020s have marked an advancement for progressive movements across the globe. Starting with Joe Biden’s defeat of Donald Trump in the US, progressive politics has made headway around the world. When faced with the option in the ballot box, voters have started to reject the divisiveness of right-wing politics.

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Paul Richards

The Far-Left Project: A Journey Into Infighting

It is hard to tell who was more upset by Labour’s breakthrough result in Wakefield: those circling the wagons around the soon-to-be-ex Prime Minister? Or the self-styled Labour ‘left’? Given their vituperation once the news of Simon Lightwood’s victory came in, I would say the latter.  I won’t give them

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Imager header displaying a ballot featuring the Labour Party logo. A pencil is seen hovering above the logo.
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Christabel Cooper

On The Path To Power?

Christabel Cooper takes a deep dive into the May 2022 election results Labour have enjoyed a steady 4-5% lead over the Conservatives in the polls for the last few months, which if carried through to a General Election would be enough to put Labour into government. But given the number

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Matt Bevington

Fear of SNP influence will not win the Conservatives the next election

Talk of coalitions is back. Following the local elections, the received wisdom (and some polling evidence) suggests that we are heading for a hung parliament after the next general election in 2024. In response, the Spectator’s James Forsyth reported recently that some Conservatives were advocating a return to the party’s

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Chris Curtis

Rebuilding Labour And The Nation: May 2022

How far have perceptions of Labour changed since September 2021?  What factors are behind its recent successes in the polls? Where is Labour lagging behind? This research was commissioned as an update to the first Rebuilding Labour and the nation report published in September 2021. It is part of a

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