“Keep Calm and Carry On” was the post-ironic catchphrase for Phase One of the Financial Crisis. On one level, this was a piece of nostalgic kitsch. However, to truly understand its popularity, we have to consider the ways in which the message - ‘keep calm and carry on’ - expresses perfectly the af
Amidst all the discussion of Tony Blair's legacy in the Labour leadership election, one important question has been over-looked: how did Blair, the advocate of a communitarian politics become Blair the fanatical advocate of merciless market liberalisation?
The UK Labour party must become far more open and democratic if it is to renew itself as a force for progressive governance.
Given the complete inability of the UK political class to mobilise anything but a short-term solution to the most serious economic crisis since the war, it’s not clear that it makes any difference at all who wins.
It can hardly be a coincidence: a key government adviser proposing a massive rise in university fees just as the sector is reeling from the news of enormous imminent cuts.
In the context of recent pressure for proportional representation, Jeremy Gilbert argues that Labour will have to adjust to a newly pluralist politics
Liberalism implies an individualism which makes no room for institutions, non-choice based groups or the power these exercise. So what does its success imply? Jeremy Gilbert tries to get to the heart of his disagreement with Rosemary Bechler, David Marquand and John Rawls
An OurKingdom conversation [History: Jeremy Gilbert > Rosemary Bechler > this post > Rosemary Bechler (part one; part two) > Jeremy Gilbert]
Rosemary Bechler has written a wonderfully thought-provoking and
A stern view that calls on trade unions to act in the UK's democratic crisis
Two weeks into the public scandal over excessive expenses-claims by members of parliament, and the air is thick with cries for reform.The blogosphere rings as the liberal commentariat cry
In the latest contribution to OurKingdom's Labour after Brown debate, Jeremy Gilbert argues for Labour without neoliberalism.
What was extraordinary about the commentary surrounding David Milliband’s short,
