FABIAN REVIEW The quarterly magazine of the Fabian Society Spring 2015 / fabians.org.uk / £4.95 TIME to CHANGE Politics is reinventing itself. The Fabian Review election special investigates how Labour can respond. With Georgia Gould, Peter Hain, Seema Malhotra, Marcus Roberts and more p8 Stephen Bush interviews Labour’s deputy leader Harriet Harman p22 10 things the Fabians have learnt this parliament p27 HAVE TEA WITH SHAW, WEBB AND WELLS… Ask a friend to join the Fabian Society today, and receive an exclusive Fabian “Six Socialists” mug! Drawn by H.G Wells, the “Six Socialists” depicts Fabians Bernard Shaw, Sidney Webb and H.G Wells, together with Keir Hardie, John Burns and Henry Hyndman. THREE GREAT REASONS WHY YOUR FRIEND WILL LOVE BEING A FABIAN: 1. They’ll receive at least four agenda-setting Fabian pamphlets each year, along with the Fabian Review every quarter 2. They’ll get priority entry to all of the Fabian Society’s events 3. They’ll be supporting our research and influencing the debates that will define the future of the left To claim your free “Six Socialists” mug, please email
[email protected] with name of your friend who has successfully joined the Fabians FOR MORE INFORMATION visit www.fabians.org.uk/members/join/ or call 020 7227 4904 Contents FABIAN REVIEW Volume 126—No. 1 Leader Andrew Harrop 2 The inequality election Shortcuts Fran O’Leary 3 Digital alchemy Seema Malhotra 3 Keys to the kingdom Nita Clarke 4 Growing together Geoffrey Bindman 5 A more diverse judiciary Suzy Stride 6 Finding the frontline