All Together Now

Barry Langford

• Publisher: Biteback Publishing
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781785903243
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Political Campaigns & Elections
• Index: Politics & International Relations

In the crucible of the 2017 general election, a small group of progressive activists set about trying to change British political life for the better. Armed with the conviction that the old politics was irretrievably broken, the progressive alliance set itself the task of breaching the walls of Britain's tribal political culture.Over the seven weeks of the campaign, even as the struggle between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn built up to a stunning and utterly unexpected climax, the progressive alliance fought its own battle. Its aim was to bridge divides, start conversations and forge alliances on the ground between progressives – socialists, social democrats, liberals, Greens, Welsh and Scottish nationalists – working together against their common foe instead of competing self-destructively against one another.Based on first-hand testimony, All Together Now tells the dramatic story of how the progressive alliance helped shape the story of the 2017 election – and why its aims, its methods and above all its values will shape the future of 21st century politics.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Foreword by Zoe Williams
• Author’s Note
• Prologue: ‘I wouldn’t start from here’
• Chapter One: Autumn Leaves, Richmond Remains
• Chapter Two: Together For a Change: The Progressive Alliance Manifesto 2017
• Chapter Three: The Campaign Part I: 18 April – 5 May
• Chapter Four: Here, There and Everywhere (with Rakib Ehsan)
• Chapter Five: The Campaign Part II: 6–27 May
• Chapter Six: ‘Those Who Do Not Remember the Past…’
• Chapter Seven: The Campaign Part III: 28 May – 7 June
• Chapter Eight: And in the End…
• Afterword by Neal Lawson
• Postscript
• Appendix A: Progressive Alliances at the 2017 General Election
• Appendix B: Compass/Progressive Alliance Targets at the 2017 General Election
• Appendix C: ‘Progressive Tragedies’ at the 2017 General Election
• Index
• Copyright