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# Who is progressive now?
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/who-is-progressive-now/
- Published: 2007-12-18T09:12:58.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:38:51.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:31

**Anthony Barnett (London,** [**OK**](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/?ref=opendemocracy.net)**):** Well done Paul Linford over at the Liberal Conspiracy. He picked up immediately that David Cameron's flirting glance at the Lib-Dems by offering them a progressive alliance was also an attempt to hijack the "P" word, [Is Progressive a word worth fighting for?](http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2007/12/17/is-progressive-a-word-worth-fighting-for/?ref=opendemocracy.net) Now Polly T has [followed him](http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2229153,00.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) without reading him. It seems there is a slick Tory repositioning underway backed up by a pamphlet! More on this to come, I guess. But I suspect that playing with party alliances like any old tart under the mistletoe is not the best way of building a political strategy. At least, I hope not.