"I believe there is a special onus on those of us who would characterise ourselves as on the left to worry about the distribution of relationship goods – just as surely as we worry about the distribution of wealth and power" - @kirstymcneill.bsky.social

This is really really good. For its economic strengths (and the number of Westminster policy people living there) Bristol and the wider SW get such little national attention

Excellent article here.

"What distinguishes @stuartgwhite.bsky.social is the clarity of his moral language: where social democracy once spoke of growth and opportunity, White restores the vocabulary of virtue, citizenship, and the common good."

Great essay by @kirstymcneill.bsky.social in @renewaljournal.bsky.social on similar themes renewal.org.uk/articles/all...

I have a provocatively titled piece in the latest issue of @renewaljournal.bsky.social, in which I propose that among the lessons of the “Epstein files” revelations is the value of a properly directly, healthy paranoia suited to an age of opaque networks, dark money, and unaccountable elites. (1/2)

Really pleased to have written this piece in the latest edition of Renewal! As a proud Bristolian, I have often been less proud of how its politics play out. Looking jealously at Manchesterism, I took a deep (& opinionated) dive into the (non)workings of devolution in the West of England…

Pleased to have played a part in putting together this issue. In my editorial, I offer a brief assessment of Starmerism, and set out why I see as the major challenges that social democrats now face:

Very pleased to be featured here. Some fantastic articles on the future of social democracy

Very grateful to @bjoernbremer.bsky.social and Sean for this response to our piece. I am a huge believer in public debate to clarify key issues and am genuinely delighted with this essay. In that spirit, I'll highlight a couple of further thoughts in the thread below.

The far right see an England of vengeance and of cruelty. A catalogue of nice things is not sufficient to combat the poison in the bloodstream of the nation. I argue here we need to take on the challenge of reimagining England’s past, present and future.

NEW ISSUE: Renewal 34.2 Ft. @kirstymcneill.bsky.social, @daimoon.bsky.social, @demofuturist.bsky.social, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social, @sellottie.bsky.social @anaopp.bsky.social, @dmk1793.bsky.social, Sean McDaniel, John Chowcat, Carla Rocavert, and Hannah McHugh renewal.org.uk/journal/volu...

Martin Sandbu is right: Labour needs a proper battle of ideas, and Renewal is where the most serious thinking is happening. Subscribe to recieve our quarterly print issues, packed with high-quality, long-form essays about ideas, challenges, and strategies for social democracy: renewal.org.uk

...the state’s capacity to drive up the production of essentials such as energy, water, housing and transport. You can read more contributions to that long-term discussion here in our Tribune Group essays for @renewaljournal.bsky.social: renewal.org.uk/articles/gro... (5/5)

Yuan set out more of her economic thinking in our recent special issue, which you can read online here: renewal.org.uk/journal/volu...

Delighted to see @martinsandbu.ft.com discuss the recent special issue of @renewaljournal.bsky.social in the Financial Times - even if he does cast doubt on our political identity by referring to us as a "self-declared" journal of social democracy

Re-sharing this essay by @neilwarner.bsky.social that we published in @renewaljournal.bsky.social in January, because it's one of the sharpest things I've read about how the left should respond to the current form of far-right politics, and its analysis has really shaped my thinking:

also if you are here go and subscribe to @renewaljournal.bsky.social at the renewal stall. you could do a lot worse with [however much money it is to subscribe]

Our stall is set up and ready at the @compassoffice.bsky.social & @pef-online.bsky.social Change Now conference. Come join us on the first floor to subscribe and receive TWO free copies!

I wrote an essay for @renewaljournal.bsky.social about how in British employment tribunals, most employers have lawyers, but many workers do not. Read about how I think a duty solicitor will fix the inequality of legal representation between worker and employer. renewal.org.uk/blog/most-em...

This week, Renewal has published two new online pieces covering problems of industrial relations... renewal.org.uk/blog/ 1/4

In @renewaljournal.bsky.social, the Tribune group set out how we can repair our broken economic settlement, with contributions from @louisehaighmp.bsky.social, @yuanfenyang.bsky.social, @jeevunsandher.bsky.social. renewal.org.uk/journal/volu...

Good to see Renewal's latest Special Issue cited in Andy Beckett's latest as an example of the kind of "more worked-out proposals for bolder government" Labour needs

Extremely proud to have edited this special issue of Renewal, in which @louisehaighmp.bsky.social, @yuanfenyang.bsky.social and the Tribune Group of MPs make a major set of interventions into Labour's economic debate

The bigger problem IMO is that there isn't a vision for the future underpinning the pitch. The politics of patience isn't a politics at all. Absent any such future-orientated argument, "impatience" is almost inevitable, as I argued @renewaljournal.bsky.social renewal.org.uk/blog/this-la... 7/7

just reading fascinating @renewaljournal.bsky.social essays on future UK economy. V interesting to see @yuanfenyang.bsky.social identify corporate governance reform as a priority for growth and productivity renewal.org.uk/articles/gro...

Great to see Renewal pieces setting the agenda. If you don't subscribe, you need to.

Some good stuff in here!

Proud to see this important intervention from the Tribune Group, out now in @renewaljournal.bsky.social

In my piece for @renewaljournal.bsky.social I look at why hospitality could be a nationwide answer to the youth employment challenge and how that could be achieved.

Today I’m publishing a new contribution with colleagues in the Tribune Group, setting out how we can deliver real economic renewal over the next three years. Read my article "No town left behind: inclusive growth across the UK" in @renewaljournal.bsky.social at the link below 👇️ buff.ly/YvP6tEm

Glad to contribute to this piece on fixing the tax cliffs that punish workers, carers, families and small businesses. Progressive tax can be good for growth and help us create thriving workforces, high streets and communities.

From reforming energy pricing, to tackling housing, transport and food prices, we need to build a more active state that can stabilise prices and support investment. Strengthening household resilience is essential not just for fairness, but for growth. renewal.org.uk

The cost of living crisis and our low growth are two symptoms of the same problem: an economic structure that hasn’t been working for a long time. We need to take on the root causes of those costs.

The more I read of this the more I feel quite uplifted It looks like a serious bit of work. People may not agree with it all but it is policy rich and presents and tries to persuade people of their vision, theory of change and tradeoffs And that is all some of us have been asking for isn’t it?

“The question is not simply what the optimal fiscal framework looks like, but how reform can be sequenced in a context of elevated borrowing costs and heightened market sensitivity”. V interesting, lots to agree with. renewal.org.uk/articles/a-n...

Pleased to see this issue receive coverage in the Guardian from @kiranstacey.bsky.social and @jessicaelgot.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Louise Haigh's essay in @renewaljournal.bsky.social is a substantive intervention from Labour's soft left. She wants "not to abandon fiscal discipline, but to redefine it, so that it supports ... the long-term renewal the UK economy". Some thoughts below. renewal.org.uk/articles/a-n...

If we are to rebuild we have to question fiscal orthodoxies. This issue of Renewal is a really important starting point.

We now have the Haigh and Yang intervention, which appropriately has been published in the social-democratic journal Renewal.* *(to which you should all subscribe) bsky.app/profile/rene...

Sensible set of reforms proposed here: longer time frame for fiscal rules, take investment effects seriously and, as I’ve been saying for a while, recognise that monetary and fiscal policy are not independent.

NEW ISSUE: In this special extra edition of Renewal, @louisehaighmp.bsky.social, @yuanfenyang.bsky.social, and other members of the Tribune Group of Labour MPs set out paths to repairing Britain's broken economic settlement. renewal.org.uk/journal/volu...

It's local election day in England! Re-upping @jacktshaw.bsky.social's article from the other week about the stakes, and the limited potential foreither Reform or the Greens to pioneer a new form of local governance: renewal.org.uk/blog/the-sea...

Happy May Day! Show your solidarity by letting us know if you got your copy of our new work issue <3

Sorting through some boxes of books and I’m being slowed down by leafing through my collection of @renewaljournal.bsky.social issues. Not least this one from the summer 2015 Labour leadership contest.

For May Day, I chose some appropriate reading for the tube this morning: @renewaljournal.bsky.social's latest special issue on the politics of work. renewal.org.uk/journal/volu...

New piece from me in @renewaljournal.bsky.social. The 2025 local elections raised important questions about the future of local governance and whether Reform UK can offer a genuine alternative. Has it? And what does that mean for the Green Party? renewal.org.uk/blog/the-sea...

"The deeper lesson of the forthcoming elections, therefore, may be less about which party wins control of individual authorities, & more about the enduring limits of local democracy in England." renewal.org.uk/blog/the-sea... Jack Shaw at @renewaljournal.bsky.social on #Localgov and local elections