Last week, Chris Bowers wrote about The Alternative, the book exploring the potential of a progressive alliance he has co-edited with Green co-leader Caroline Lucas and Labour MP Lisa Nandy.
I have really enjoyed reading the book. After a referendum campaign filled with divisiveness and nastiness, it’s good for the soul to read about how progressive ideas on the economy, immigration, public services could improve our society and our democracy.
While the book offers a vision of what life could be like, it doesn’t, nor does it claim to, provide a roadmap for getting there. Too many barriers and obstacles stand in the way and more work has to be done to overcome them – if the political will exists.
So, my first question to Chris was basically, how realistic is all of this?
Politics is in disrepute so co-operation is paramount and we need to start out on a path of exploration to see what is possible.
People didn’t vote Tory or for Brexit because of a passion for them. We need to look at ways of making politics more relevant to their lives.
He went on to talk about the article written by Uffe Elbœk one of the founders of The Alternative movement in Denmark:
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