I meant to link to this > http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/09/barack-obama-gordon-brown on Sunday. It’s the one where Gordon says:

This is a defining moment. A new chapter of the human story is being written and will be studied by our children, and their children, and their children after them. It is up to us whether 2008 is remembered for a financial crash that engulfed the world or for a new resilience and optimism from a generation which faced the economic storm head on and built the fair society in its wake.
The people of America made their choice last week. They picked a progressive President, inspiring the world with their belief that in difficult times people need their government to ensure more – not less – help and security is available for families and business

And the comments are very much what you expect.

Still I’ll admit I’m not a 100% clear on what progressive means. I could probably tell you what I don’t think it means…

The government was under fire last night after it emerged that the new chief whip, Nick Brown, is proposing that any Labour MP voting against the government in the past year will not be recommended to sit on all-party parliamentary select committees.

Progressive means party above-all-else then?

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