They say that when you know you’re going to die, you don’t remember the deadlines or the car you had, you don’t wish you’d worked harder or saved more or eaten more fibre – you remember the kisses, the long sprawling days in the park with your friends, the people you loved and who loved…
Labour have many challenges to overcome before the next election. The party has been having a vibrant debate exploring high-minded concepts of how to remake Britain, but must now focus on finding new and innovative methods of governing in order to become a party fit to face the nation in 2015. Throughout its history the…
Despite the title of this particular conference, I don’t actually believe that Britain’s continued membership of the EU is just a Right/Left issue. For me it’s also a Right/Wrong issue. I say this because I believe that those opposed to our membership of the EU are not just on the wrong side of the political…
It is great to be here at the Fabians. Today I want to talk to you about the idea of One Nation. The idea of a country which we rebuild together, where everyone plays their part. It is not an idea rooted in Fabian pamphlets. Though I bow to nobody in being an avid reader…
As we hurry on to a new year, we at the Fabians will be taking many of the lessons learned and fresh thinking with us onwards into 2013. Not least in the form of the contributions to our The Shape of Things to Come: Labour’s New Thinking pamphlet. The essays contained in The Shape of…
The pamphlet that hit doorsteps alongside the Autumn 2012 Fabian Review was Letting Go: How Labour can learn to stop worrying and trust the people by Jon Wilson. Wilson argues that Labour needs to become a movement rooted in people’s experience, not be the party of the central manager. Above all, it needs to trust people again….
RT @UKLabour: RT if you agree: Whatever your gender or sexuality, you should have the right to marry whoever you love. http://t.co/1vhx8j0DfS RT @labour4europe: Women, Europe & Austerity, a conversation w @PES_PSE Women president @zgurmai_EN http://t.co/KgeKVFi4BL @FabianWomen @labour4europe #EU #UK If you want to find out more about Labour's Commission for #olderwomen, or make a submission details are here: http://t.co/GRDwwtG4w0 Explaining the Commission for #olderwomen @fionamacmp argues 'if you fix it for women, you'll fix it for men' - but not vice versa Great evening talking to our members about the lives of older women - thanks so much to @fionamacmp for listening to us! #olderwomen
The penultimate installment of our series on the implications of the Francis Report by NHS manager @AdrianTwyning http://t.co/3hii6qjMKi