The Conservatives have lost a quarter of their members over the past year, says Tory blog
Labour have gained 380,000 new members since 2015 in contrast. How can the Tories even pretend they’re a party of the people now?
Movement Politics
The new politics of protest
Matthew Sowemimo argues that Labour needs movements like Occupy and UKUncut to help galvanise disenfranchised populations.
Three Conservative lessons for progressives
Ahead of discussions about progressive renewal at tomorrow’s Fabian conference, Daniel Elton on the lessons for the Left from Conservatives after their defeat.
Support Left Foot Forward’s Living Wage Appeal
LFF has launched an intern London Living Wage appeal, to ensure it can continue to fight the good fight while protecting interns’ working conditions.
38 Degrees show the way with grassroots fundraising
The chief executive of a fledgling progressive grass-roots movement sent an email out to its membership thanking them for their engagement and highlighting its success – proving that President Obama’s crowdsourcing funding model can work in the UK.
Earth Hour 2010: Tonight at 8:30pm
Tonight at 8:30pm people, businesses and iconic buildings around the world will switch off their lights in support for WWF’s Earth Hour. Watch the campaign video.
We need a New Turn from tribal politics
Politicians want young people to engage in business-as-usual party politics. But young people are not voting and are turned off the old approach to tribal politics.
What the left can learn from the free-market right
The economic crisis has placed neo-liberalism under pressure. But the left has much to learn from the movement that pushed the rise of the free-market right.