Paul Richards is a former Special Advisor and weekly columnist for Progress.
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Really, what is the point of the Lib Dems?
The Paul Richards column Here’s a question: who is the only member of the Liberal Democrat frontbench with any experience of government? The last Liberal Government ended in 1922, and...Read 'Really, what is the point of the Lib Dems?' >
Learning to love Peter Mandelson
The Paul Richards column Next year marks an important political milestone: it will be 25 years since Peter Mandelson entered front-line Labour politics. This silver jubilee deserves street parties, at...Read 'Learning to love Peter Mandelson' >
Labour’s proud history must be celebrated in street names and statues
The Paul Richards column History was one of the few subjects I really enjoyed at school. I was taught it by a teacher called Dick Small. He went on to...Read 'Labour’s proud history must be celebrated in street names and statues' >
The rhetorical question- how to craft a great speech?
The Paul Richards column With summer a fading memory, what will be occupying the minds of ministers and their advisers in coming days is the big conference speech. A conference...Read 'The rhetorical question- how to craft a great speech?' >
It's time to end Labour's dynasties
The Paul Richards column I was saddened to hear of the death this week of Senator Teddy Kennedy, who has died aged 77. He lived rather longer than Mary Jo...Read 'It's time to end Labour's dynasties' >
Opposition will be bleak enough without descending into civil war
The Paul Richards column Like death, Labour going into opposition is one of those subjects people don’t like talking about. Some people think that not talking about it makes it...Read 'Opposition will be bleak enough without descending into civil war' >
We have to be insurgents at conference, filled with energy and hungry for renewed change - here's how
The Paul Richards column Long ago Tony Benn warned us that Labour’s conference was becoming so sanitised that all the politics would be removed. Instead of bringing resolutions, delegates would...Read 'We have to be insurgents at conference, filled with energy and hungry for renewed change - here's how' >
Brown should debate Cameron - what has he got to lose?
By Paul Richards Peter Mandelson never says anything by accident. Not for him a rogue use of the word ‘twat’. So when Mandelson raised the prospect last week of a...Read 'Brown should debate Cameron - what has he got to lose?' >
Norman Tebbit, in the bathroom, with a meat cleaver
By Paul Richards Visitors to Norman Tebbit’s flat in the 1980s might have assumed that the blood-drenched body parts, dripping all over his bathroom, belonged to some hapless...Read 'Norman Tebbit, in the bathroom, with a meat cleaver' >
George Orwell, channa massala and socialism
By Paul Richards In 1945 Arthur Koestler, Bertrand Russell, Victor Gollancz and George Orwell attempted to establish a "League for the Dignity and Rights of Man". They failed to make...Read 'George Orwell, channa massala and socialism' >
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