Neal Lawson
Contributor at The Guardian
Director of Compass “living without illusions without being disillusioned” h/t Gramsci - applies to politics and #CAFC
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1 week ago |
bylinetimes.com | Neal Lawson
Byline Times is an independent, reader-funded investigative newspaper, outside of the system of the established press, reporting on ‘what the papers don’t say’ – without fear or favour. To support its work, subscribe to the monthly Byline Times print edition, packed with exclusive investigations, news, and analysis. OK let’s take a deep breath and run a final autopsy on last week’s elections.
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2 weeks ago |
prospectmagazine.co.uk | Neal Lawson
Just nine months after the last general election and probably more than 40 before the next, the battle cry of “unite the right” has been both surprisingly quick and slow off the mark. Quick because we are less than a year out from the last campaign, but slow because the one emphatic lesson of 4th July 2024 was that the right lost because of division. What is happening, why, and what does it mean?
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3 weeks ago |
bylinetimes.com | Neal Lawson
Byline Times is an independent, reader-funded investigative newspaper, outside of the system of the established press, reporting on ‘what the papers don’t say’ – without fear or favour. To support its work, subscribe to the monthly Byline Times print edition, packed with exclusive investigations, news, and analysis. UK politics has been slowly but steadily unwinding from a two-party to a multi-party system for decades.
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3 weeks ago |
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Neal Lawson
David Marquand was first and foremost a political pluralist. This set him against the predominant arch-tribalist politics which has been dominant within the Labour Party since its creation. This short reflection on David's theoretical and practical approach to political engagement examines the opportunities and challenges presented by progressive pluralism. It argues that such an approach is the only way take on and defeat the growth of national populism.
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1 month ago |
compassonline.org.uk | Sam Mandi-Ghomi |Neal Lawson
Last week’s Spring Statement decision to cut the benefits of the weakest members of our society, on the basis of a series of forecasts by the Government’s spending watchdog the Office for Budget Responsibility, wasn’t democratic but technocratic. The argument of the Chancellor was that she had no choice and the fiscal rules imposed this on her and us. But what then is the point of voting when a body which is totally unaccountable to us ultimately decides our fate?
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