The case for a Citizen’s Pension

In this guest post Alexandra Kemp makes the case for a new, universal Citizen’s Pension.

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Progress: Fixing politics through renewal

The Open Left Project looks at why fixing politics requires the centre-Left to respond by rebuilding itself as a listening and active movement.

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LabourList: Perpetual Renewal

Anthony Painter and Ali Moussavi look at why in 2010, “core vote” and “swing vote” are meaningless, and why the centre-Left now needs a politics of perpetual renewal.

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The Politics of Perpetual Renewal

Last night, the Open Left project at Demos launched the first report of its ‘Open Coalitions’ strand which looks at both the demographic and attitudinal changes of the British electorate. We argue that political strategies for the centre-Left can no longer segment the electorate into ‘core’ and ‘median’ voters and that there are other axes on along which voters are divided beyond simply left and right. This suggests that there will be consequences for the way that parties have to operate and connect with the electorate in the future.

Click here to download the report.

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