
Ryan Wain
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Executive Director at the Tony Blair Institute. Trustee @AlderHeyCharity and @PrisonRadioUK.
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http://www.ryanwain.com 18-08-2009 10:53:30
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Great phonebanking session at The Labour Party HQ for Karen Shore in the Runcorn by-election. Voters drawn to her record of delivery and rejection of populism and easy answers. Going to be tight tonight given incumbency but cannot fault activists, party and candidate š¹









Me for LabourList this morning on how Labour can tell a new story about Europe. It sets out a practical path forward based on a sober reading of power: how it moves, who shapes it, and what happens to countries that fall out of its current.




Voters arenāt extreme, but theyāll turn to extremes if mainstream politics canāt deliver basics like border control. A delivery unit that mobilises tech (e.g. NHS app) can make change felt. Great to chat with Matt Chorley Michelle Clement on BBC Radio 5 Live.




Years of political mismanagement later and weāve forgotten how government can transform public services and ultimately make lives better. Nice reminder tonight from Michelle Clement. āThe Art of Deliveryā is a must read, packed with wisdom from Sir Michael Barberās unpublished diaries.



We must spend more on defence. But debate cannot become fixated on % of GDP or we miss important issues: how we build a pan-European defence industry, how we spur & scale innovation, how we improve adoption (see this excellent, grounded-in-experience piece from Fred Thomas MP)