Building a winning party
As the deadline for Refounding Labour submissions passes, we present highlights of Progress’ contribution. Opposition provides Labour with a window of opportunity to focus on internal issues and ensure...
View ArticleIs it time for primaries?
Today I attended the fringe event jointly organised by Progress and the Institute for Government on whether we should have primaries to select Labour parliamentary candidates. In the pro camp on the...
View ArticlePrimaries: what works? Report from Liverpool
The debate about how Labour should select candidates to fight elections has been raging for years and it’s not new to hear conference delegates bemoaning selection procedures as anarchic, cumbersome,...
View ArticleThe Third Wave of Globalisation
The ongoing elections in the US and France have exposed an electorally popular strand of protectionism in both countries. In the US, the Republican hopeful Mitt Romney has made hawkish noises about...
View ArticleFor the many, not the few
New rules, not protectionism, is the answer to the challenge of globalisation, argues Will Straw IN his 2005 party conference speech Tony Blair said: ‘In the era of rapid globalisation, there is no...
View ArticleIn, out, shake it all about?
UK tanks are parking themselves firmly on the European Union’s lawn – thinktanks, that is. From IPPR’s new report Staying In: A reform plan for Britain and Europe, to the Centre for Policy Studies’ The...
View ArticlePrimary colours
Running a primary for Labour’s London mayoral candidate would be a powerful signal of change, suggests Tessa Jowell The Socialist party in France has held one. The Australian Labor party in Sydney has...
View ArticleVoting with their feet
Fewer members take part in longer selection contests —Barely one in two Labour party members have voted in selection contests for the party’s candidates in its top 106 target seats, according to new...
View Article‘It became a referendum on immigration’
The prime minister should have had a ‘Dover speech’ moment, reflects Will Straw to Richard Angell and Adam Harrison With the consequences of Britain’s shock Brexit vote still unfolding, any reluctance...
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Rethinking immigration
No 10 rejected immigration promises that could have turned the referendum around, writes Will Straw ‘We mustn’t engage on immigration; we must pivot to the economy.’ Those words still ring in my ears....
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