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Wanted: A Plan for Britain
Monica Harding Monica Harding

Wanted: A Plan for Britain

As we emerge from a global pandemic, a war rages on European soil, growth stalls and the cost-of-living bites, the country is crying out for a positive plan for the future. We are facing an unprecedented global crisis from climate change. The UK’s decision to leave the EU has put pressure on trade and our union. And we are living through the midst of the technological revolution.

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The Future of Britain in an Era of the Three Revolutions
Cherry Norton Cherry Norton

The Future of Britain in an Era of the Three Revolutions

There is a gaping hole in the governing of Britain where new ideas should be.

We are living through three revolutionary changes simultaneously and are ill-prepared for any of them. Each of them would require major changes to the way we work as a nation. All of them together pose a challenge which is unprecedented in recent history.

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Britain needs a new era of serious leaders
Cherry Norton Cherry Norton

Britain needs a new era of serious leaders

Boris Johnson is a terrible prime minister and a worse human being. But he is not a monster newly sprung from a rent between this world and the next. Twenty years have passed since the Conservative party first selected him as a candidate. Michael Howard and David Cameron made him a shadow minister, and Theresa May gave him the Foreign Office. Thirty years of celebrity made him famous for his mendacity, indifference to detail, poor administration, and inveterate betrayal of every personal commitment.

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New Year Roundtable with Global Progress.
Cherry Norton Cherry Norton

New Year Roundtable with Global Progress.

It was fantastic to have so many people at The Britain Project and Global Progress New Year roundtable, contributing to a wide-ranging and informative discussion. A particular thank you goes to David Rowson and Will Clothier from Yonder and Marcus Roberts from YouGov for their presentations that helped centre the conversation. A quick summary of some of the key themes are below:

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The Britain Project: A new politics
Monica Harding Monica Harding

The Britain Project: A new politics

We are in a time of huge political realignment in the UK. The establishment of The Britain Project is our response to this.

The realignment sees the dismantling of the old political tribes of left and right, red and blue walls – are apparently being taken apart, rendering the old political identities increasingly obsolete. With this, transactional but yet more emotive voting has risen to the fore, seemingly based on a value call rather than the ideologies of the old order, which no longer appear to have the answers.

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