Movement Politics
Occupy London needs to catalyse a new Left
Ben Mitchell argues that the Occupy protests can only succeed in London if they build a broader left and enter electoral politics.
Labour and the Conservatives need to reach out to the ordinary voter
Policy Exchange’s David Skelton argues Labour and the Tories need to reconnect with the ordinary voter, and lays out policies which could make it happen.
French primaries point the way for democracy
The French Socialist Party’s presidential primaries point the way ahead for British political parties, to the great benefit our democracy, writes Will Straw.
One Tory is tired of being in the nasty party
Alex Hern looks at Nick Boles’s claims the Conservatives have lurched to the right, and his policy prescriptions to solve it.
Young, vulnerable, but politically curious – a time for thinkers and doers
Young Fabians chair Adrian Prandle writes about the need for young people, who have been amongst the worst hit by the coalition's policies, to become active.
Community ownership must be the focus of Miliband’s Labour
Richard Carr surveys the overall political landscape before discussing the role community ownership might have to play in defining Labour in opposition.