Joe Jervis – Progress | Centre-left Labour politics

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Healing the divides

Labour’s next big social democratic project must be to unite our fractured nation Britain has so much going for it – economically, democratically and culturally. Yet as a country we find ourselves more divided and...

Stephen Kinnock MPJoe Jervis

5 min read

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Labour must speak for England

The left has to embrace an inclusive, social democratic patriotism if they hope to win in England and form a government again, argues Joe Jervis I have a hunch that when historians analyse this decade of Labour doom the...

Joe Jervis

6 min read

The labour interest

Labour’s patriotism must not be nostalgic

Constitutional reform and devolution will be crucial to restoring faith in both our democracy and our economy, writes Joe Jervis. This article is part of The Labour Interest series. ‘You’ve got to unpack …...

Joe Jervis

4 min read

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Uber challenges

It is time for Labour to lead the debate on the digitalised economy Labour, and the liberal left more widely, have been dealt a series of hammer blows. Crushing election defeats in 2010 and 2015 illustrated a lack of...

Joe JervisOliver MacArthur

6 min read

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Did Labour’s centre-left revival begin in Liverpool?

Following Jeremy Corbyn’s second victory it may be all too easy to assume that ‘things can only get worse’ for the centre-left. While walking past the ‘Cool Britannia’ shops that mark Liverpool’s tourist hotspots, just...

Joe Jervis

4 min read

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Rebuilding Labour around three essential principles

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and while many of us were far from optimistic ahead of last week’s election, few would have predicted such a resounding defeat. But why didn’t we see this disaster coming? Well, the truth...

Joe Jervis

5 min read

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Rights and responsibilities – Labour’s offer to the public

Elections are won from the centre. Tony Blair knew this, as does the majority of the Labour movement. It is hardly controversial to say that a lurch back towards being a big spending, class-obsessed party will lead us...

Joe Jervis

4 min read

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Labour must speak for England

Labour’s patriotism must not be nostalgic

Uber challenges

Did Labour’s centre-left revival begin in Liverpool?

Rebuilding Labour around three essential principles

Rights and responsibilities – Labour’s offer to the public

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