The public are being left without a positive vision of the state
Disengagement from the state is aiding the rise of UKIP.
UKIP
UKIP’s rise isn’t the end of politics – but it does mean the end of the left-right continuum
UKIP has short-circuited the left-right continuum and defied triangulation.
Chuka Umunna is right: UKIP voters can’t send emails
In other words, despite the headlines there really isn’t a great deal to argue with Chuka Umunna about.
How Labour can woo back working class voters
It isn’t enough to promise only to ‘listen’ to working class concerns.
Video: Tony Blair smacks down a ranting Nigel Farage
Whatever your opinion of the former prime minister, he certainly knows how to take the argument to Nigel Farage.
10 things you should know about UKIP’s new MEPs
A closer look at 10 of the UK’s new representatives in Brussels is shocking, even by UKIP’s standards.
The uncomfortable truth is that Labour can learn something from Nigel Farage
At least the UKIP leader avoids the dizzying spin which the voters are seeing through so clearly.
How can Labour defeat UKIP?
Left Foot Forward asked a number of leading progressives what they think Labour needs to do to defeat UKIP.
Structural inequality, not immigration, is the UK’s problem
The answer to poverty isn’t to pitch one worker against another of a different nationality; it’s to combat the systems and structures that lead to such inequality.
Europe votes: reform moves up the agenda but withdrawal remains an isolationist dream
All parties are failing to articulate a clear vision for Britain’s relationship with the EU.