On A Promise

"The British Promise"? Oh, dear. But they all do this sort of thing from time to time.

As for "Progressive Labour", how about just "Labour"? The party of the Welfare State, workers' rights, trade unionism, the co-operative movement and wider mutualism, consumer protection, strong communities, conservation rather than environmentalism, fair taxation, full employment, public ownership, proper local government, a powerful Parliament, the monarchy, the organic Constitution, national sovereignty, civil liberties, the Union, the Commonwealth, the countryside, traditional structures and methods of education, traditional moral and social values, economic patriotism, balanced migration, a realist foreign policy, an unhysterical approach to climate change, and a base of real property for every household to resist both over-mighty commercial interests and an over-mighty State.

Roll on electoral reform, and decisive public participation in the selection of candidates, so that there is always a powerful body of MPs in that vein. Now, that really would be The British Promise.