I wish everyone in the Jewish community shanah tovah and a peaceful, successful and sweet new year. May the shofar mark the beginning of a festival of rest and reflection for Jews in Britain and around the world as they celebrate this festival with their friends and families.
May this year be one in which Jewish communities throughout the world live in tranquillity without fear of anti-Semitism and may it be a prosperous and productive year for us all. I hope that the coming year will see progress towards peace between Israel and its neighbours.
Today published I published my thoughts on the future of progressive politics in Britain.
About The Liberal Moment
This pamphlet is about the future of British politics. Specifically, it is about the future of progressive politics in Britain. It is obvious to most people that Labour’s time is up. This Government displays all the hallmarks of a government running out of road – tired, ideologically incoherent, and internally fractured.
The question for progressives is what comes next? Is it inevitable that the red-blue/blue-red pendulum of British politics must swing again away from the progressive hopes offered by New Labour in its early days, only swinging back in many years to come once the Conservatives have had another go? Or is there life still left in the ideals of fairness, social mobility, sustainability, civil rights and internationalism which are the lifeblood of progressive thought?
My argument is simple: if progressives are to avoid being marginalised by an ideologically barren Conservative party, bereft of any discernible convictions other than a sense of entitlement that it is now their turn to govern, then the progressive forces in British politics must regroup under a new banner. I believe that liberalism offers the rallying point for a resurgent progressive movement in Britain.
Dear Ms Ennis
I wish to add my heartfelt congratulations to the many you have deservedly received following your win at the IAAF World Championships in Berlin.
You have given pleasure to countless people who watched your joy in achieving gold in the Heptathlon. It was an inspirational culmination of all your efforts to overcome the setbacks you experienced in the build up to the Olympics last year.
I know your joy is shared by your family and those who have also helped and supported you and I wish you all well – and continuing success in the future.
Yours sincerely, Nick Clegg MP for Sheffield Hallam
