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The centre-left in the US and other affluent democracies have allowed politics and public policy to "drift", leading to the accentuation of vast gaps between the middle-classes and very rich. By JACOB S. HACKER
Something is happening on the political left. Having spent much of 2011 adrift in the shadows of missed opportunities, social democrats are back with a new self-assurance.
A new lively politics of challenge will emerge to contest unrestrained corporate power. Are social democratic parties capable of becoming part of it? By COLIN CROUCH
The left must address its relationship with capitalism head-on; a radical conception of fairness offers a route map for reinvention and revival. By WILL HUTTON
Most apparent in Germany, Sweden and the UK, the recent development of ‘progressive’ Conservatism presents a potent challenge to the centre-left. By PATRICK DIAMOND Image © Crown
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Having defined itself by opposition to Berlusconi, the Italian Democratic Party faces tough choices over electoral credibility and political positioning.
The left-wing Socialist party is leading Dutch polls as traditional centrist parties suffer the fall-out of the eurozone crisis.
Helle Thorning-Schmidt missed an opportunity to become a strong if lonely progressive voice at the European top-table.