LSE and Progress public debate
Date: Wednesday 9 May 2007
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speakers: Professor Anthony Giddens, Lord Kinnock, Ed Miliband MP, Mandy Telford and Stephen Twigg
Chair: Oona King
Many children approaching adulthood today will not remember anything other than a Labour government. So ten years on from the dawn of New Labour, what has been achieved and how has Britain changed? Was New Labour just a campaigning vehicle, or did it herald a new philosophical direction for the Labour Party? Is New Labour still relevant today, or does Labour need to find a different way of articulating its purpose?
Anthony Giddens was director of LSE from 1997 to 2003 and is now emeritus professor of LSE and a life peer. Neil Kinnock was leader of the opposition and Labour Party leader from 1983 to 1992 and served as a UK commissioner of the European Commission from 1995 until 2004. Ed Miliband MP is minister for the third sector based in the Cabinet Office. Mandy Telford is a former NUS President and currently Dignity at Work Co-ordinator at Amicus Union. Stephen Twigg has been chair of Progress since 2005, the same year he joined the Foreign Policy Centre as director. He was a Labour MP between 1997 and 2005 serving in various ministerial posts.
Oona King was elected as Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green & Bow in May 1997 serving until 2005. Amongst over things she now chairs Tower Hamlets Advocacy Network & Community Support.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.
For more information email events@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955 6043.
Progress is the independent organisation for Labour party members and trade unionists.
The next event in the 'Life after Blair' series will be on Wednesday 16 May, the speaker is Alan Milburn MP who will speak on A 2020 Vision for the Public Services.
Podcast
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