A substantial extension of public ownership is an essential pre-requisite of greater equality of earned income

There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good.

Inheritance Tax; - it is, broadly speaking; a voluntary levy paid by those who distrust their heirs more than they dislike the Inland Revenue

I therefore believe that the politics of the left and centre of this country are frozen in an out-of-date mould which is bad for the political and economic health of Britain and increasingly inhibiting for those who live within the mould. Can it be broken?

A substantial extension of public ownership is an essential pre-requisite of greater equality of earned income

A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect

There is a lot of talk about a centre party - and that I might lead it. I find this idea profoundly unattractive