Richard Toye

4 weeks ago | the-tls.co.uk | Sam Freedman |Michael Taube |Alex Dean |Richard Toye

Until recently, the prime minister was the most important person in British politics. But when the New Statesman published its annual list of the most powerful people on the left in June last year, with Keir Starmer poised to take office, the number-one spot went not to Starmer, but to his adviser Morgan McSweeney.

Nov 20, 2024 | the-tls.co.uk | Richard Toye |Thomas J. Sojka |David Willetts |Samuel Earle

Early in 1981, Tony Benn, the darling of Labour’s left wing, found himself in the same railway carriage as Keith Joseph. The latter was the intellectual mentor to Margaret Thatcher who had played an instrumental role in her rise to power. Benn talked about the “log-jam in a market economy”, while Joseph spoke of “crippled capitalism”. By Benn’s account the two men got along like a house on fire.

Aug 26, 2024 | econotimes.com | Richard Toye

The Democratic Party has had a good week. I’ll start that again – the Democratic Party has had an amazingly good week. Not so long ago, the Democrats seemed down, if not actually out. Now, they’re not merely pulling ahead in the polls – they seem to have recaptured that vital but elusive thing: hope.

Aug 23, 2024 | tolerance.ca | Richard Toye

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Aug 23, 2024 | theconversation.com | Richard Toye

The Democratic Party has had a good week. I’ll start that again – the Democratic Party has had an amazingly good week. Not so long ago, the Democrats seemed down, if not actually out. Now, they’re not merely pulling ahead in the polls – they seem to have recaptured that vital but elusive thing: hope.