Euston Manifesto Blog

Charles Cochrane replies to the PM on Public Sector Reform

29Nov06 – 3:42 am

There is no serious difference between the current Labour public sector reform agenda and that of the Conservatives argues Charles Cochrane, Head of the Protect Public Services Unit of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS).
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Slate: How to give away a million dollars

19Nov06 – 3:19 pm

“If I had a million dollars, which I don’t, I would give it to a little cluster of political and intellectual projects in Britain whose purpose is to renovate the liberal left with new ideas,” writes Paul Berman in Slate Magazine

link to full text of article

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Debate: “The American Era: Why US Power And Primacy Are Desirable”

06Nov06 – 12:50 pm

This Friday 10Nov06 from 14:00 to 17:00, Robert J. Lieber, Professor of Government and International Affairs at Georgetown University will speak to the title “The American Era: Why US power and primacy are desirable” at the Institute for the Study of the Americas at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.

Michael Cox of the London School of Economics, Richard Saull of Queen Mary, and Robert Singh of Birkbeck will respond.

The full address of the (revised) venue is Lecture Theatre, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square London WC1B 5DR. All are welcome. Contact olga.jimenez@sas.ac.uk to attend. The event is being convened by Tim Linch of the ISA, timothy.lynch@sas.ac.uk

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Bill Cooke replies to Tony Blair

05Nov06 – 5:31 am

Responding to the Prime Minister, Bill Cooke argues that we need to engage the progressive people engaged in delivery to work out how public sector reform can be successful.
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Peter Ryley replies to Tony Blair

05Nov06 – 5:23 am

The Progressive Case Against Change

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Special screening: “The Road To Hell”—Saddam’s genocide

05Nov06 – 5:07 am

Labour Friends of Iraq, the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Foreign Policy Centre are showing this film on Wednesday 15th November from 6-8pm in the Boothroyd Room in Portcullis House.

Veteran filmmaker Gwynne Roberts will speak after the film, which is to be shown on Channel 4 on 20th November. There will also be a Q&A with the Kurdistan-Iraq Minister on the Iraqi Special Tribunal and Kirkuk disputed territory.

The other guest speaker is Dr Mohammad Ihsan, Minister for Extra-Regional Affairs who is coming to the UK especially for this screening. Dr Ihsan’s ministry is devoted to the reintegration of originally Kurdish areas confiscated and arabized by Saddam Hussein regime, which includes Kirkuk, Mosul, Khanaqin, Mendeli, Zurbaniya, Makhmour, Shai Khan, Zumar and Sinjar.

RSVP Vian Rahman at vian.rahman@krg.org

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Conference: Mid East WMD-free zone

31Oct06 – 4:00 am

Dan Plesch at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) writes to notify Euston Manifesto site readers of a conference in London UK next week about “The Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone“. This is jointly sponsored by the centre and Pugwash. Full details are on the conference Webpages. All Euston Manifesto supporters are invited.

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Tony Blair blogs badly

31Oct06 – 3:57 am

Tony Blair can’t see the difference between changing and improving public services on the one hand and opening up opportunities for people to take profits out of them on the other, argues Unison NEC member, Jon Rogers.
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The progressive case for public service reform

29Oct06 – 12:00 am

In the summer, a number of Labour ministers posted articles setting out the progressive case for the next stage of public service reform. With the first meeting of the cabinet’s policy review taking place on Monday—on public services—this article outlines the Prime Minister’s thinking on this crucial issue.
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Progress Foreign Policy Seminar: 2020 VISION: Labour’s Future Challenges

26Oct06 – 12:45 pm

Tom Brooks Pollock writes:

After our largest-ever annual conference in September, Progress launches a new series of seminars which seek to continue the debate on the challenges of the next decade. The first event is:

‘Labour’s foreign policy: Is liberal interventionism dead?’

Professor Brian Brivati, Kingston University; Gary Kent, Labour Friends of Iraq; Denis MacShane MP; Gisela Stuart MP; Oona King (chair).

Tuesday 7 November – 1800-1930 – House of Commons: Committee Room 15

If you want to come along, please register with Tom Brooks Pollock, by supplying your full name and email address to tom@progressives.org.uk or 0203 008 8180.

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