Posts Tagged ‘RSA’

Deborah Mattinson, Polly Toynbee and Tessa Jowell MP discuss why we need a new politics at the RSA

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

The RSA recently played host to another brilliant Biteback event, with author of Talking to a Brick Wall… Deborah Mattinson taking to the stage to discuss her views on the role of focus groups, her analysis of the 2010 campaign and her opinion on where Labour, and the voter-politician relationship, can go from here. Joined by Guardian journalist Polly Toynbee and Tessa Jowell MP, the event was one of lively discussion and debate, which you can listen to here.

Talking to a Brick Wall: How New Labour stopped listening and why we need a new politics is available to buy here.

Francis Beckett analyses the impact of the babyboomers at the RSA

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Recently Biteback author Francis Beckett presented his analysis of the babyboomers’ impact to an audience at the Royal Society of Arts. Why did sixties radicalism decay so quickly? How did we reach the situation where the benefits enjoyed by the babyboomers – free healthcare, schooling, university education, mortgages and pensions – are denied to the youth of today? Hear what Francis had to say by clicking here.

Francis Beckett’s What did the Baby Boomers ever do for us? is available to buy here.