Lab 2012: Predistribution: A primer
A look at the rise of a crucial part of Ed Miliband’s vision for the future of the Labour party – predistribution – and how it may spell the end of New Labour.
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It’s our culture, stupid
A new Fabian pamphlet, published yesterday, calls on Labour to reach out to an increasingly socially conservative electorate with visions of a fairer society.
Labour need to recover in the South for political principle, not just electoral advantage
The Conservative Party refused to listen to voters and were rewarded with the worst sequence of election defeats since 1832. Labour must not repeat the error.
Tory press office twits should go back to spin school
The Tory press office took to Twitter last night to try to denigrate Ed Miliband’s conference speech, telling a few porkies on the way, reports Shamik Das.
Blue Labour exclusive: David, Ed, Glasman and community organising
Left Foot Forward presents exclusive extracts from Rowenna Davis’s new book, “Tangled Up In Blue”, looking at David and Ed Miliband’s thoughts on community organising.
Leading Labour: Evaluating Ed Miliband’s first year
Marc Stears is a Visiting Fellow at IPPR and Professor of Political Theory at the University of Oxford Ed Miliband had a stark message for Labour earlier this year: “Old Labour forgot about the public. New Labour forgot about thetest
Glasman: Businesses want Labour and the unions to be “partners in growth”
Maurice Glasman says businesses “do not think the coalition government is serious about growth”; they think Labour and the unions should be “partners in growth”.
LFF at the Labour party conference: Where next for new media and politics
Left Foot Forward will be hosting a fringe event at the Labour party conference on “Where next for new media and politics”, on Wednesday, September 28th at 7:00pm.
Compass book puts to Labour-Green co-operation
Labour and the Greens have much to learn from each other- if they can find a way to co-operate
Labour frontbencher Helen Goodman: My fears about Blue Labour
On Monday’s Newsnight, shadow prisons minister Helen Goodman MP debated Lord Glasman on the ‘Blue Labour’ concept; here, she further critiques the idea.