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We are not arriving at a moment of choice between socialism and barbarism. Nonetheless, centre ground parties will repeatedly fail unless they can offer new solutions to the economic problems Europe faces. And there are new political players asking if updates are available for this system.
The director of Britain's leading progressive think-tank sets out his vision for a transformation of social democracy that could renew its credibility and appeal for a new generation.
In a context of increasing tensions between Whitehall and Westminster, greater distinctions need to be made between the responsibilities of Ministers and officials. British democracy will suffer if we don't stop the culture of passing the buck.
Can Englishness be articulated to a progressive project? Perhaps its time to turn to Geoffrey Hill, a poet immersed in the complexities and richness of England.
In the 1990s, Argentina was an IMF poster boy, but it soon became a byword for the failures of the Washington Consensus. Tying its currency to the dollar, cutting public spending and selling its assets led to a deepening debt spiral from which it could not escape, until it defaulted.
The junior partner in the Coalition have been keen to show in their conference this week that their tax policies will deliver a more equal Britain. But are they really progressive?
The expenses scandal brought forth various demands for political reform. The AV referendum can be seen as the end of this political cycle. Even if electoral reform is now off the agenda, progressives should reflect on this experience, and begin a new push for change
The left may need to tap into rooted feelings and communal, human traditions but it needs to tread carefully or become an animal itself.
When Gordon Brown was Britain's Prime Minister Nick Pearce headed his Policy Unit in No 10. Now he casts an experienced eye over David Cameron's attempts to guide the Coalition's governing strategy
Yesterday's shocking figures for GDP in the last quarter of 2010 have changed the dynamics of British politics. The so-called 'squeezed middle' debate has only just begun and now sits at the heart of the politics of stagflation.
