Outside In

Something is happening in politics. Quite what to call it remains a matter debate, but the term postliberalism is being used with increasing frequency. The term has merit, recognising that the hegemony enjoyed by a broadly social and economically liberal establishment is coming under attack. But postliberalism as a label…

Told you we were winning. Post liberalism is not just a prediction, it is a reality. And like all political realities, it started years ago. Particularly among a group of Labour supporters, fired up by the outflanking of a certain Red Tory, who for years had had to suffer the indignity of…

Racism. It’s evil. No place for it. Anywhere. Ever. That includes football grounds, of course, where the crudeness of its expression makes it easy to identify – ‘that man there, making monkey noises and gestures, him, yep – racist. Nail him.’ But what about when it’s more subtle? More indirect?…

  One by me, originally posted over at LabourUncut, arguing that Labour needs to become less a party and more a movement – and to do so they’ll have to start opening doors long slammed shut. _________________________________________________________________________ The Labour party is changing. Or rather, the landscape in which it sits is changing and the party…

‘The Tories should leave this bankrupt ideology to New Labour and embrace instead an organic communitarianism that graces every level of society with merit, security, wealth and worth.’ So said the Red Tory in this article back in 2009 entitled the Rise of the Red Tories, calling for an organic communitarianism…

A couple of weeks back there was a Twitter storm surrounding the tweets of one Leon Knight, marginally successful football player who came up through the ranks at Chelsea F.C., who decided to publicly verbally assault Jamie O’Hara and his wife Danielle O’Hara (née Lloyd) about her alleged colourful past.…

A couple of years into Coalition government and all is not well. The warmth with which the Tories were greeted by some in the Catholic community, as a haven from the constant attacks endured under years of Labour rule, has proven just a touch optimistic. In particular, the hope that…