Labour is losing its mind
A radical new covenant must be made with the British people.
BySocial democracy
Should Labour copy the Danish Social Democrats on migration?
The government must be careful about borrowing from Denmark’s SDP.
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What’s the point of a Labour government that allows child poverty?
Keir Starmer says in private that lifting the two-child cap is his personal priority.
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Why Labour shouldn’t shift right
The answer to these bruising election results is to govern as the party of social democracy.
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Denmark shows how Labour can defeat the populist right
Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats have transformed the immigration debate to the centre left’s advantage.
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Labour must heed the warnings from the German election
Social democrats will lose if they fail to challenge an outdated liberal consensus.
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Could John Rawls save the Labour Party?
Rachel Reeves is not just facing an economic crisis – she is suffering from a failure of philosophical imagination.
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The left after Trump
In an age of rampant inequality and oligarchic government, two leading thinkers ask: can democratic socialism survive?
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The UK has moved closer to European social democracy
Rachel Reeves is increasing taxes, investment and regulation in pursuit of a different economic model.
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Does the Labour government believe in anything?
This King’s Speech is our first chance to inspect the moral code behind “Starmerism”.
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After neoliberalism
Across the West, faith in liberal democracy is waning. We need a clear response to the new politics of grievance.
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How Olaf Scholz lost Germany
German voters have come to distrust their chancellor – but that’s just the start of his problems.
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The rise of Mavis man and woman
Meet “Mavis”: the Middle-Aged, Volatile, Insurgent voters reshaping Britain’s politics. Who are they and what do they want for themselves…
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The left can win and forge a new settlement – but only if it repairs the trust we have lost
Research reveals a strong public appetite for progressive ideas. But we cannot flourish in an environment of mutual intolerance.
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The reality of Sweden’s far-right future
The influence of the Sweden Democrats has finally destroyed the country’s long-outdated progressive reputation.
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Why is the right losing everywhere?
The UK is now the only major European power or Anglosphere country ruled by conservatives.
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Gabriel Boric and Latin America’s new pink tide
Left-wing governments are being elected across Latin America, but they face the threat of a rejuvenated and authoritarian right.
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