Neal Lawson is Chair of the pressure group Compass and has written many pamphlets for the organisation on the themes of democracy and equality. He was author in 2009 of <a href="http://www.amazon.co.u
Labour could this week stand aside in a Green target seat or two, as the Greens have in two key Labour targets already. But instead the Party seems remains wedded to "monopoly socialism".
Both Jo Swinson and Ed Davey have approached the leadership election offering restoration, not transformation. But the need for transformation and social liberalism has never been greater.
Only when we recognise the vulnerability of all progressive positions, and reject simple binaries, can we start to build trust, dialogue and the long-term solutions the moment demands.
Disciplinarian, command and control parties are a remnant of the past. We might not like Campbell's politics, but expelling him from Labour for voting Lib Dem is a mistake.
