If «aspiration» and «wealth creation» are taken seriously, it should be possible to come up with a new progressive consensus around economic development which no longer relies on the finance sector and speculative bubbles. (theguardian.com)
• Next month we will publish «The New Intolerance,» Mary Eberstadt's first annual First Things lecture in Washington, D.C.. It's a timely reflection on the censorious mentality at work in today's progressive consensus. (firstthings.com)
However, he said today he would «reach out to other parties» and told the BBC he would seek to build a «progressive consensus». (politics.co.uk)