Introducing our 2011 Policy Commissions
The Young Fabians will soon be launching four Policy Commissions. Our Policy Commissions form the backbone of our policy work and since their inception they have increasingly become strong access...
View ArticleWhy Labour’s economic narrative needs to change
In this member post, Young Fabian member Max Krahé argues that Labour should own up to its economic mistakes, or risk losing the argument at the next general election. In order to win the next general...
View ArticleReviving the Fabians: What the new General Secretary must do
The selection of a new General Secretary is an important juncture for the Fabian Society. It is a chance to revisit our purpose and vision, refresh the way we do things and re-fit the organisation to...
View ArticleLabour and the World: The Rational and the Romantic
Yesterday evening the Young Fabians hosted a round table as part of our Labour in the World Policy Commissions with Labour MEP for London Mary Honeyball. The meeting got a little stuck on the tactics...
View ArticleFuture of Finance Perspective: Why we must never allow Westminster to turn...
In her first column for the Young Fabian Blog, Young Fabian Future of Finance Network member Gillian Econopouly writes about the the US debt ceiling crisis and argues that British politics needs to...
View ArticleLabour Women’s Conference – what women want
The Labour Women’s Conference in Liverpool today is its own justification. Numerous people over the past few weeks, within the opposition and media, and disappointingly within the Labour Party itself,...
View ArticleA new approach to public health
How much do the government and the market affect people’s ability to pursue a healthier life? In this Guest Post, Amrit Caleyachetty says ‘not enough.’ The Conservatives generally think that the answer...
View ArticleIs Labour the party for labour?
Bringing Labour more closely in line with the interests of organised labour is the solution to the party’s electoral woes, not the problem. This week, I took part in a debate at my university between...
View ArticleYoung people need to talk about politics, and politicians need to listen
Hoor Pathan, project manager of LetsTAP (Let’s Talk About Politics) wowed the Fabian Summer Conference when she asked Ed Miliband directy to engage young people in political discourse. Here, she talks...
View ArticleGay Tories: an oxymoron?
The phrase ‘gay Tory’ simply makes no sense. This is not because it juxtaposes two groups whose interests are as far apart as Iran and the US, but because it suggests that many gay people are...
View ArticleEd’s Energy Freeze is no left-wing policy
Politicians are the undisputed masters of double standards. They are all too happy to give with one hand and take with the other; to smile to our faces while plunging the dagger into our sides. They...
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