Category Archives: Must-Reads

Just 20 years ago

This morning, I listened to The Reunion on Radio 4 – today’s episode reunited the founders of Stonewall. I have some very clear political memories of the 1980s – I remember the Falklands War, the miners’ strikes, the waves of … Continue reading

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Appealing To The Hearts And Minds Of Voters

I’ve just finished a fantastic book by Drew Westen, called ‘The Political Brain’.  Westen is a qualified psychologist, who draws from his clinical experience to give advice to people (particularly Democrats) engaged in political campaigns.   His analysis is based on … Continue reading

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Today’s Must Reads: Edgar on Progressivism and Aaranovich on al-Megrahi

Some fascinating opinion pieces in today’s papers. In the Guardian, David Edgar, a former member of the editorial board of Marxism Today laments the failure of New Labour to help the working class.  In the article, he writes that: “Since … Continue reading

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“A partnership between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are yet unborn”

Geoffrey Lean writes in today’s Telegraph about why it is no accident that conservation and Conservatism are neighbours in the dictionary.

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Today’s Must Read: Hugo Rifkind on Anti Capitalist Protesters

Hugo Rifkind is in great form in The Times today.  “If the anti capitalists really saw it coming”, they might have had the decency to tell us! Well worth checking out: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/hugo_rifkind/article5982819.ece “There used to be a banner you’d see … Continue reading

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