AUTHOR: paul miller
DATE: 9/24/2004 08:47:01 PM
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<b>Party Poopers</b>
Tom Bentley and I have written the <a href="http://news.ft.com/cms/s/9c4542e8-0c6b-11d9-b543-00000e2511c8.html">cover story of tomorrow's FT Magazine</a> about the fall and fall of mainstream political parties. Our argument is that if they don't radically rethink the way they organise themselves, they could well bite the dust. It's a theme <a href="http://www.demos.co.uk">Demos</a> will be talking about more at <a href="http://www.demosgreenhouse.co.uk/archives/000529.html">Labour Party conference</a>.