Labour has a working class problem
What do the Middleton and Heywood and Clacton by-elections tell us about the Labour vote?
globalisation
Mandelson weighs in behind National Investment Bank
Alex Hern reports on the support Lord Mandelson has given to the idea of a national investment bank, as called for by a new IPPR pamphlet
Cameron turns Britain from an outlier into an irrelevance
Cameron’s EU decision must be seen as an opportunity in opposition to both lead and win a debate on the twin issues of the future of multilateralism and Europe.
Of sacred cows and wise turkeys
David Cameron and Nick Clegg certainly aren’t the first to forget the lessons of history, but in the unravelling of their plans is laughably predictable.
Globalisation isn’t what we think it is
Globalisation has less impact than people think; it is a process created by real institutions – that people can control, argues historian Jon Wilson.
The case for Gordon Brown at the IMF
Natan Doron makes the case for Gordon Brown to lead the IMF.
Mandelson to set out £27bn export gap with BRIC countries
Peter Mandelson will today outline a £27bn export gap with the BRIC countries. The finding comes from research by ippr on Britain’s place in the global economy.
Miliband: Blair failed to address impacts of globalisation on communities
David Miliband, writing in tomorrow’s New Statesman, will say that the “failure” of Tony Blair to take account of people’s struggles with the impacts of globalisation on their communities led to voters “turning their backs” on the Labour Party.