A platform for Labour ideas. For members, supporters & people wanting to engage. Stimulating debate through Top of the Policies events - Shadow Ministers chair.
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🧵 Our website is back up…
📖Check out our pamphlets 1 (launched by @StewartWood & @lucianaberger in 2011) pragrad.org/launch-event-2/
pragrad.org/pamphlet-1/
📕Pamphlet 2, 2012 with intro @JonCruddas_1, showing our #TopOfThePolicies events…
pragrad.org/pamphlet-2-top-p…
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#TopOfThePolicies events that pioneered an approach that turned the panel/audience dynamic on its head to show audience members have as many good ideas as the experts pragrad.org/future-events/ab…
🗣️ let us know if you’d like us to run more events as Labour gears up for an election..
With news of an apparent 14,000 word essay from Keir Starmer it may be time for Pragmatic Radicalism to get going again - harvesting great ideas from whichever quarter, doing so in a fun, outward-looking way that puts into practice the view that everyone has something to add
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Great to hear reports of @Keir_Starmer’s address to @UKLabour PLP, telling MPs the party needs to “modernise” & “face outwards not inwards”.
I & others founded @PragRad in 2011 with these themes in mind.
I’d be happy to help Keir’s office as they move forward. 🌹 💪
It’s apparently our Twitter anniversary! Who’s for some more Top of the Policies events and creating a policy-making environment on the centre-left that is dynamic, welcoming, creative and fun?
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(3/3) winning line we must reach out further into centre. LP must also involve all parts. We did this @pragrad (& Jeremy came to an event)!
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Re talk of vacuum @ centre in politics, I recall @pragrad published pamphlets & held #TopOfThePolicies events to stimulate debate & ideas
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Good i-v @Robert___Harris @standardnews esp "pernicious unpleasantness in nat. life". Mentions "practical pragmatism". We tried w/ @PragRad
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I don't regard pragmatism/radicalism as mutually exclusive. When less £ & probs are bigger we need radicalism
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.@RSylvesterTimes on divide betn. "pragmatism&ideology" for May. I explored 2011 w/ @PragRad leftfootforward.org/2011/07/… PragRad.org
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.@dpjhodges says that May will need “radical pragmatism” dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic…. Not same but @pragrad tried to get this going for Labour
PragRad Chair @johnslinger writes in @guardian @guardianletters on the need for a new centre left party theguardian.com/politics/201…
PragRad has a role at this difficult time for Labour. We pioneered innovative, open, democratic, outward looking policy events & new ideas
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In this video from a 2012 @pragrad event @SadiqKhan (guest chair) talks of the importance of pragmatism & radicalism youtu.be/EZhJLXFSZjU
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Great 2012 vid of Mayor @SadiqKhan addressing our @PragRad event re huge achievement of 1997-'10 Blair/Brown govt youtu.be/EZhJLXFSZjU
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.@PragRad's launch 5yrs ago nitter.gq/pragrad/status/9078769… "We mustn't solely on leaders to lead intellectual debate,we must..engage w/ electorate"
@leftfootfwd publish an article on my personal views about significance of @PragRad pamphlet - bit.ly/ovDyEQ. Launch tonight CR21 HofC
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We launched @PragRad five years ago today with @StewartWood & @lucianaberger speaking at HofC event pragrad.org/launch-event-2/
PragRad chair @JohnSlinger letter in the Observer @guardian on lessons from @SadiqKhan victory-Labour must reach out
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This @2minmanifesto - which featured on @IrvineWelsh artsnight last night - seemed lot like @PragRad @JohnSlinger
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.@pragrad authors said good things in2011 pragrad.org/launch-event-2/ (foreword @lucianaberger launch speech @stewartwood)
