RT @RupesOR High praise from this week's Economist: 'Policy Exchange is doing wonderful work on trying to rethink capitalism in the light of growing concentrations of wealth, & social policy in the light of growing public alienation...' (1/2)

Brexit, the Government, Parliament and the law - Professor Richard Ekins on using the constitution in its own defence policyexchange.org.u…

RT @Davidwalsh16 We need to deal with a "toxic mixture of nostalgia and decline" across the country and the world, say @lisanandy. And the people who see it and the loss of their sense of place must be heard. She's absolutely right. @Policy_Exchange pic.twitter.com/RFkT…

"Places matter," says @lisanandy. Come to Wigan and you'll find an absolute pride in its history, she says, among local people. But she says a toxic mixture of nostalgia and decline is fuelling discontent. People need a sense of what the future offers.

This idea of a home, which is not just a commodity, is central to the Labour tradition, says Maurice Glasman. What people have wanted, since at least the start of the town and garden movement, is civic peace, streets, and a sense of living alongside others.