by Simon Barrow | Jul 4, 2024 | Commentary
ESPECIALLY in local and regional government across the UK, independent candidates (in reality, some more independent than others) were a strong feature of the landscape for many years. That trend has diminished as the capacity of party machineries, especially in the...
by Simon Barrow | Jul 4, 2024 | Commentary
AS THE 2024 General Election stumbles to the finishing line today, and unless anything truly unexpected happens now, history will surely marvel at how it succeeded in being both a theatrical non-event and politically momentous all at the same time. What we have mostly...
by Mick McAteer | Jul 3, 2024 | Commentary
THIS analytical article looks in some depth at whether there is much prospect of ‘progressive’ politics and policy following the 2024 UK General Election. MICK McATEER focuses on the Labour manifesto for two reasons. First, the party is traditionally associated with...
by Jill Segger | Jul 2, 2024 | Commentary
ELECTORAL MATTERS were simpler in 1882. “Every boy and every gal that’s born into the world alive/Is either a little Liberal or else a little Conservat- ive!” Simpler, but far less democratic and carrying nowhere near the potential and challenge now unfolding....
by Bernadette Meaden | Jun 17, 2024 | Commentary
IN 2021, Pope Francis addressed a Meeting of Popular Movements – activists from some of the most marginalised communities around the world, united by their struggle for justice and dignity. Beginning, “Dear Social Poets”, Pope Francis said: “This is what I like to...
by Jill Segger | May 9, 2024 | Commentary
“MY CHANGED LABOUR PARTY”. Keir Starmer has used that phrase many times in recent months. All parties must evolve – failure to do so means sclerosis and death. But the more boldly inclusive and consensual that process is, the better the health of the party and of our...
