Autumn 2007: The Politics Issue

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This issue is linked to the Fabian Society's Debate on Life Chances and Equality

In September's issue of the Fabian Review:

• Rachael Jolley outlines new Fabian/YouGov polling showing widespread public support for narrowing the gap;

• Sunder Katwala comes out for the Alternative Vote in the Fabian Essay (to read the full Essay see the link below);

• Lib Dem Mark Oaten says there are some persuasive arguments for Lib-Lab co-operation, but there are some big stumbling blocks;

• Hannah Jameson interviews Ed Miliband about the next Labour Manifesto and hears how he sees youth services as central;

• We ask 20 Labour MPs for their Manifesto suggestions - and get Khalid Mahmood for yellow school buses, Sharon Hodgson for tackling child obesity, Chris Bryant for childcare, Frank Field for defending our borders against immigration, Peter Kilfoyle for a War Powers Act, Dawn Butler for wiping criminal records, and Natascha Engel for putting sex education on the primary school curriculum.

• And Tory Iain Dale tells us we fail to take Cameron seriously at our peril.

• Plus, in Books we have Tim Gore on Simon Jenkins' 'Thatcher and Sons', James Connal on Andrew Cockburn's 'Rumsfeld: An American Disaster', and Patrick Diamond on Robert A Dahl's 'On Political Equality'.

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Read Sunder Katwala's Fabian Essay on electoral reform in full:

• MP calls for school buses to cut congestion
• 85% say "narrow the gap Gordon"
• Dear Ed: MPs' manifesto suggestions
• Miliband reveals strategy for new party manifesto
• How to reform the electoral system
• Editorial: Of all the talents
• New life for the project?