Ideas and vision are necessary, but they are not sufficient. People need to see results and to achieve them they need to take part.
We must turn our departure into a spur for bold domestic reform, not allow it to become this generation’s Black Wednesday.
Historically, we have developed our best new ideas and talents when in Opposition. We must break that cycle, and renew our movement now.
His intention seems to be to develop a body of ideas. If so, it will need to be a programme that can move hearts as well as minds.
Let’s get a good deal, let’s end the toxic tribalism affecting our parties and our politics, and start the healing.