To create real political change, the new Labour leader must look beyond his party to the unions that helped him win power.
The Irish government announcement of a €34 billion Euro bailout, two years after the financial crisis first broke, is a reminder that little has been done to prevent it happening again just as the social costs are becoming ever more evident.
The Great Recession shows no clear signs of ending, but conservative solutions to it have already wrought great long-term social damage.
