Day: 27 November 2010

The Squeezed Middle No wonder there is confusion as to what it means, because it is nonsense. Ed Milliband knows that. It was a quick soundbite. It has no substance. Everybody feels squeezed. If we go back to the founding of the modern welfare state after WWII by the Attlee government and the introduction of […]

Ed Milliband and Labour Ed Milliband is right when he says New Labour lost its way and it is time to move on. This is important because a vibrant democracy needs an effective party operating left of centre. The trouble is that nobody seems to be sure where left actually is. It is where it […]