The Art of Avoidance: why ‘giving in’ can be good for your mental healthMany years ago, someone told me a story about a conversation she’d had with a friend who was a doctor. A nurse she knew was experiencing…Jul 12, 20201Jul 12, 20201
Labour doesn’t win in 2024 by empowering the membership. It wins by empowering the voters.The party’s mistake in recruiting ‘community organisers’ for the 2019 election was that it ignored those organisers that were already…Mar 7, 2020Mar 7, 2020
Picking up the Pieces of Post-Brexit BritainThere‘ll be a lot of pieces to pick up from a Tory-led restructuring of a post-Brexit economy, but it might not be too late to turn the…Feb 1, 2020Feb 1, 2020
To have a chance of forming a Government in 2024, Labour must firstly face the MathsWe must be honest when calculating the challenge we faceJan 8, 2020Jan 8, 2020
U.K. General Election: Now, Progressives must Focus on the things they have the Power to ChangeOver the three years I’ve been writing about politics, I’ve tried to follow a rule.Dec 13, 2019Dec 13, 2019
This man poses the greatest threat to a Labour governmentIn the wake of failed attempts by the leader’s inner circle to dispose of the Labour Party’s deputy leader: Tom Watson, the party’s…Oct 6, 2019Oct 6, 2019
“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty”As the turbulent weeks of Brexit court dramas rumbled on, the constitutional lawyer, David Allen-Green had a running joke:Sep 29, 2019Sep 29, 2019
Don’t despair. Don’t look away. Progressives must prepare for the fight of a generationWhichever way we voted in the EU referendum, we must unite to stop Boris Johnson’s plans for a no-deal Brexit.Aug 30, 20191Aug 30, 20191
We could be approaching the most important election of our lives. Is this the Brexit endgame?The mother of all parliaments is about to host the mother of all battles. Here’s how it could play out…Aug 5, 2019Aug 5, 2019
The case for Progressive Patriotism, and resisting the Temptation of the ‘T-word’Last week, the British ambassador to the U.S.A, Kim Darroch, stepped down after Boris Johnson, the overwhelming favourite to become the…Jul 15, 2019Jul 15, 2019
