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Stephen Bush | 21 May 2013

Ed Miliband is wrong: it’s time for a referendum on Europe. While we’re at it, I’ve never been consulted about the abandonment of the gold standard, so let’s throw that one in there, too. Ed Balls is a controversial figure: let’s have a referendum on whether or he should be chancellor of ...

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Foreign policy dilemmas for progressives

Kirsty McNeill and Andrew Small | 15 May, 2013

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When the Labour party last took office in 1997, our foreign policy was heavily shaped in reaction to the moral and strategic failings of our Tory predecessors. In place of a cynical determination that ‘there is no such thing as the international community’, which left hundreds of thousands to be massacred in Bosnia and Rwanda, …

The economy: Have we earned the public’s trust?

Tanweer Ali | 15 May, 2013

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The Progress annual conference 2013 session on earning the public’s trust on the economy was lively and chock-a-block with ideas. The panelists, John Eatwell, Margaret Hodge, Nick Pearce, Ann Pettifor and Jonathan Portes, brought a wide range of perspectives to the discussion, but were united in the view that the coalition has lost the argument …

Letter from … Paris

Renaud Thillaye | 15 May, 2013

The cheers that accompanied François Hollande’s election seem a distant dream. Dismal economic results, a terrible press at home and abroad, and confusion about what the French president stands for, marred the anniversary of his first year in office on 6 May. His ratings have plummeted from more than 60 per cent in May 2012 …

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Greg Falconer | 15 May, 2013

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While Westminster gazed at its collective navel after the local elections and the Queen’s speech last week, the concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere quietly exceeded the symbolic figure of 400 parts per million. It has become unfashionable to talk about climate change. The prevailing wisdom is that the next election will be won …

Marginals or marginalia?

Stephen Bush | 14 May, 2013

Tuesday review

I used to think that coalition was the way forward: any hue that wasn’t blue would do me just fine. I thought that British politics was a disastrous night out: a nation determined to go for a pub crawl forced into Starbucks by three determined coffee-drinkers. But I realise now that coalition politics isn’t the …

Blue to red: Can Labour win without Tory switchers?

Catherine Vallis | 14 May, 2013

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‘No.’ This was the simple answer from Mary Creagh that kicked off the Progress annual conference 2013 breakout session ‘Can Labour win without Tory switchers?’ To explore this issue Progress brought together a diverse panel chaired by Hopi Sen. Mary Creagh, the shadow environment secretary, was joined by Independent columnist Owen Jones, former Daily Telegraph …