News & Insight

19 September 2015

Looking at the Corbyn insurgency through the prism of policy risks misunderstanding its essence. Corbynmania, at its heart, reflects a yearning for a different way of doing politics – a departure in tone, mindset and organisation from the orthodoxies of...

15 September 2015

This year, a new political party has been launched. It’s already recruiting, and women I like and admire are signing up. It’s called the Women’s Equality Party, and it aims to stand candidates in 2020. People keep inviting me to...

14 September 2015

The 2015 general election was a devastating set-back, not just for the Labour Party, but for the trade union movement too: within days of coming to power, the new Conservative government had unveiled an assault on union freedoms on a...

12 September 2015

The Fabian Society congratulates Jeremy Corbyn on a famous victory, which now gives him a mandate to test a different path for Labour. For the party to stay relevant and become electable he must seek out challenging new ideas, not...

12 September 2015

Labour has many challenges to win in 2020. But the first challenge we must meet is for us as a party. We need to be united in our identity and our values - proud of what we stand for, and...

11 September 2015

The Fabian Society sends many warm congratulations to Sadiq Khan on his selection as Labour’s Mayoral Candidate for London. Sadiq is a leading member of the society’s elected executive committee and was chair of the society from 2008 to 2010. In...