Greenshoring in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Blueprint for Sustainable Supply Chains?
The fragility of supply chains revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic led to the emergence of “onshoring”, “nearshoring” and “friendshoring” as buzzwords in Washington. Greenshoring furthers the ambition of those strategies – to shift manufacturing closer to home – to countries that can provide greener supply chains. The US and its allies are seeking to reduce […]
Let’s Party Like It’s 2001
The Hamilton and Rutherglen West by-election was a remarkable success for Labour. If repeated across Scotland, Labour would be at a level not seen for many years. Of course, the usual caveats apply, but if this result was repeated across central Scotland next year, then Labour would have 42 Scottish seats and the SNP would […]
Reflections From Liberal Democrat Conference: Vision, Strategy, and Electoral Reform
The Liberal Democrats have punched above their weight in the last two years. In a series of by-election wins, they have overturned huge majorities and left many Conservative MPs keeping a nervous eye on the job market. But they have struggled to cut through on the national stage. In areas dominated by the other parties, […]
Labour Reshuffle: Keir’s Own Team
In a long-anticipated Labour reshuffle Keir Starmer has changed his top team and now has the lineup he expects to take into an election victory. Starmer’s leadership has seemingly charted a three-stage course – internal reform of the party; defining the Conservatives; and setting out Labour’s vision for government. His reshuffle this week shows that […]
What did we learn about foreign policy from the first US Republican debate in Milwaukee?
In the first Republican debate of many, only two foreign policy issues broke through – US relations with China, and the continuation of support for Ukraine. Marking the official start of the 2024 election season, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley and Chris Christie scored highest. Vivek Ramaswamy seized attention on the undercard. But most commentators agree […]
The Latest on Labour’s Manifesto: An Assessment of Labour’s National Policy Forum
As proud graduates in their gowns and mortar boards huddled under umbrellas along the roadside, a rainy university campus in Nottingham set the scene for Labour’s biggest policy show-down in a decade. Over two hundred members of the extended Labour family came together over three days to pore over documents, argue about values and spending […]
Lessons From Spain
As we saw over the weekend, it seems for now at least that Centre-left Pedro Sanchez has just about held off the challenge from the right in Spanish General Election. Whilst lessons from other countries’ elections can often be overblown, comparisons can often offer some engaging insight. Since 2022 when the fixed term parliament act […]
Two Record Defeats And Yet, a Claim of a Score Draw
This parliamentary cycle began with one of the Conservatives’ greatest ever by-election results, their gain of Hartlepool from Labour in May 2021, yet last week they narrowly escaped the fate of Harold Wilson’s Labour government in March 1968 of losing three seats in one day. There were two record-breaking defeats for the Conservatives and one […]
The Skills for a Jobs Transition: A New Report from the Future Energy Skills Programme
Today the Future Energy Skills Programme – which Arden’s Managing Director, Jim Murphy is a Board Member – launched its new report, The Skills for a Jobs Transition. Our report sets out nearly 50 practical recommendations for government, industry and education institutions to implement to ensure we create the skills and careers needed for the […]
Making Britain a Clean Energy Superpower: Labour’s Latest Mission for Government
Yesterday Keir Starmer announced Labour’s latest mission for government: making Britain a clean energy superpower. The announcement came against a backdrop of dispute over whether or not Labour would ban new oil and gas, with the party’s trade union backers notably critical of the policy put forward by Shadow Climate Secretary, Ed Miliband. Ultimately Starmer […]
