The Blairite centre-left think tank Policy Network has produced a rather interesting policy paper which should be a wake-up call for the Conservative leadership. Called “In the black Labour – Read more

There is hubris amongst many in the Conservative Party that since David Cameron’s elevation to the leadership that somehow battle to create (and maintain) a centrist Conservative Party has been Read more

A much mocked quote last year, spoken by Steve Hilton according to Andrew Rawnsley, was that “[e]verything must have changed by 2015. Everything”. The important and simple point that Steve Read more

Before the election one of the big policy gambits made by the Prime Minister was to drive throw the mutualisation of public services and to champion co-operatives. The Minister for Read more

As Labour gathers for its party conference, there is a great deal of scepticism about their chances of winning power. Agonising over their economic credibility, concerned about Ed Miliband’s poor Read more

A fantastic good news story  broke on Monday during the Liberal Democrat Conference. Jaguar Land Rover announced that it will be setting up a brand new factory near Wolverhampton to Read more

I like trade unions. I think that most people like the principle of trade unions, and I think you would be hard pressed to find many Conservatives who think that Read more

One of the big questions since the riots has been how to do more to engage our young people, to give them a sense of community and purpose. Fortunately, the Read more

I hate the word phrase “wealth creators”. It seems to come from the Republican Party in America which has created this myth of the “wealth creator”. In this myth, the Read more

One of the things that I have found surprising since the General Election is how successful “the left” (accepting what a poor descriptive terms “the left” and “the right” are) Read more