Book description
The Labour Party is at a crossroads. Following its ejection from
government, the reasons behind Labour's defeat have been hotly debated
- but where to go from here? On the benches of opposition, with ample
opportunity to consider how best to travel the path back to power,
leading Labour figures are delving into the party's revisionist
tradition to find an answer. The challenge now is how to return to the
party's core principles, and it is to this challenge that The Purple
Book offers a first contribution. With a foreword by Ed Miliband and
contributors including both shadow and former ministers, new MPs and
senior councillors, the book presents fresh policies for Labour's
revival. Calling for a progressive agenda with, at its heart, a
redistribution of power to individuals and local communities, The
Purple Book draws on lessons from Labour's past and looks firmly to
the future. Exploring the issues that the party must tackle in order
to reshape the political debate, it seeks to reframe New Labour for
the twenty-first century.
Robert Philpot is director of Progress and editor of its monthly magazine.
