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Labour's Britain: The case for more public ownership
23 September 2014
Tony Blair portrayed himself as a non-ideological, pragmatic leader whose mantra was that he supported ‘what worked’. Unfortunately this wasn’t true. During the debate on the privatisation of air traffic control he told me, in a private meeting, that however strong...
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Miliband's conference speech: Radical, far-reaching, and very Fabian
23 September 2014
Today Ed Miliband put substance over style. His speech won’t be remembered for its rhetorical flourish. But in his remarks today, Ed set out big, radical goals for changing Britain over a decade. It was the most Fabian speech I’ve...
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Labour's Britain: A sea change in manufacturing
23 September 2014
Britain, long known as a nation of shopkeepers, is now better described as a nation of financial advisors, lawyers, business strategists, architects, advertising executives, and media consultants. These are the workers of the service economy which now makes up over...
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Labour's Britain: Energy efficient homes
23 September 2014
If we are to keep on anything like an achievable track to meet the carbon targets laid down by Labour’s own Climate Change Act in 2008, Labour will come to power facing an imperative to reduce carbon emissions by an...
Continue ReadingLabour's Britain: Education for all
23 September 2014
Something has to give in higher education funding. The current system might provide universities with enough funding, but leaves thousands of students with crippling debts, no guarantee of employment and years of paying back loans. Is that the kind of legacy...
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The world's dirtiest secret
23 September 2014
A Foreign Office official recently told me the world's dirtiest secret. Under his breath, he muttered to me: "I don't think we've got a cat in hell's chance of keeping the world under two degrees of global warming." As politicians and...
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