The progressive path

A small delegation from ELS were lucky enough to attend the Progress Conference in London on Saturday.
It was the first time any of us had been to one of the Progress events before and I think I speak for everyone when I say we came away very impressed indeed. Obviously, Tony was the star attraction [...]

The best and the brightest

I actually thought Tony Blair handled another tricky situation pretty well today. He’s told the disloyal members of the government - particularly Tom Watson, a man I once respected and now hold in utter contempt – what they wanted to hear, but pledged to finish what he’s started.
To his credit, Gordon Brown has supported Blair. Brown [...]

A helping hand

It’s a real shame that the supposed debate on Tony Blair’s future (to my mind it seems more like a betrayal by the ungrateful) has moved discussion away from what was an interesting speech on social exclusion by the PM yesterday.
Blair has always been concerned about how government should help those who have the worst [...]