Why has the general public bought into the TINA (There Is No Alternative) deficit reduction story? And what about our political class? Cameron, Clegg and Cable have allegedly ‘seen the light’ and emerged convinced that Britain needs huge cuts to stave off disaster. Brown and Darling differed only with respect to the timing of deficit [...]
Method in our Budget Madness?
19/07/2010 by George Irvin
Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Brown, Cable, Cameron, china, Clegg, David Banchflower, deficit reduction, France, Germany, Osbourne, Paul Krugman, TINA, Willem Buiter
The British Labour Party has a great Opportunity!
12/05/2010 by Henning Meyer

Ok, one day after a party was removed from office after 13 years it might not seem to be the time to talk about opportunities. But if you look at the fundamentals, the British Labour party has a great opportunity to regroup and go for office again in the near future. Social democratic parties have [...]
Filed Under: Blogs Tagged With: Brown, Cameron, Clegg, Conservatives, David Cameron, EU, Europe, Labour, Labour leadership, Labour Party, Lib Dem, Liberal Democrats, Social Democracy, Tories
After the General Election – Labour’s Place in the new Political Landscape
04/05/2010 by Neal Lawson
I’m writing this, as the Social Europe order of things dictates, in that awful interregnum between Britain almost going to the polls (in 48 hours) and knowing the result. I’m not a commentator but an activist who wants Labour to win, but knows, like everyone else, that an outright win in terms of seats or [...]
Filed Under: Columns, Elections Tagged With: Blair, British election, British left, Brown, Cameron, Clegg, Conservatives, European social democrats, financial crisis, hung parliament, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Neal Lawson, progressive parties, Social Democratic Party, the Big Society