Tag archives for New Labour
Embracing Post-Keynesianism is key for Labour’s success
Jeremy Corbyn speaking at the Stop Trident rally at Trafalgar Square on Saturday 27th February 2016. Photo by Garry Knight, public domain. Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party…
Another Higher Education Is Already Here – BEYOND TUITION FEES #8
Photo Credit: Rowan Gavin It is a time of extraordinary potential for change in UK Higher Education. Labour’s promise to end tuition fees has defied the critics and united…
The end of opposition
Yesterday the official opposition gave up. In a packed room at The Insititute for Education Ed Balls finally confirmed what many of us have been thinking for a while: The…
Ed Miliband – Dick of the year
This is a nomination from Dan Lee for Ed Miliband in the Bright Green Dick of the year 2011 award. To nominate someone, just email 200ish words to editors 'at'…
Occupy LSX, Monopoly and Mindless Materialism
Growing up, did you ever play Monopoly or Risk? Did you ever get to a point where you simply picked up the board, chucked the pieces in the air and…
Murdoch, New Labour, Credit Crunch, Expenses: collapses of concentrated power
Four years, and four great institutions of British capitalist hegemony have been shaken by crisis. In 2008, the banks collapsed. In 2009, it was expenses and 'trust in MPs'. In…
How the left has lost?: New Labour
This piece by Kevin Meaney is for our series on 'how the left has lost'. There are many reasons for the losses suffered by the left in the UK which…