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Opinion: After the Crash – Re-inventing the Left in Britain

Jonathan Rutherford and Richard S. Grayson are the editors of a new book, After the Crash Re-inventing the Left in Britain, available to download as an e-book here. Here they write about why they think all progressive voters need to join together to defeat neo-liberalism in all walks of life.

The election approaches and Britain begins the long haul out of deep recession. In such a crisis, one would expect an alternative to neo-liberalism to be riding high in the polls. Instead, the party which is ahead, the Conservative Party, offers no alternative. The Labour leadership differ only by degrees.  …

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    Helen Tedcastle I am thankful that there are still people in this Party like Tony Greaves who to me represents the sort of Liberalism that...
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    @Tim13 I'm happy to admit that I'm an amateur when it comes to things like politics, but a lot of what you're saying seems to...
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    constitutionally we don't need to have a referendum on anything, because we have an elected parliament with the power to take all decisions. A referenda...
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    I am thankful that there are still people in this Party like Tony Greaves who to me represents the sort of Liberalism that attracted me...
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    An excellent summary from Judith Jolly, both of the proposals in the Bill and of its political origins. I wish those both in the unelected...