Leadership

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Democracy diary by Hilary Wainwright (December 2007)

Hilary Wainwright reports from Caracas on Venezuela’s referendum – and the next steps towards reform

Imagine there’s no leaders. It’s easy if you try... by Hilary Wainwright (October 2006)

But is it? The problem of leadership runs right through this issue of Red Pepper. Three leaders representing parties of different shades of the left – Tony Blair, Tommy Sheridan and President Lula – have each arguably all but destroyed the parties they were elected to represent. Such leadership crises are part and parcel of the left tradition. So what is it about the left and its leaders? What kind of leadership do we want – or need?