Great to be in the audience of the 2025 BBC Reith Lectures delivered by author Rutger Bregman.

Rutger thinks we need a new “true radicalism” to follow in the footsteps of the Fabians of the 19th century.

My question? how could this new Fabianism be communicated in the age of news by TikTok etc

Join us on Tuesday for

🌍Net Zero, Net Gain: How We Tackle Reform and Make the Case for Green Energy

Tuesday 30 | 11.15 | In partnership CWP Energy and panelist Michael Shanks MP

Join us in Liverpool on Sunday

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Winning in 2026 Rally: Delivering the Labour Government Scotland Needs

Sunday 28 | 17.00 | In partnership with True North Advisors and guests Douglas Alexander MP and Jackie Baillie MSP

The Scottish Fabians have two unique events in Liverpool alongside a host of Scottish Fabian MPs taking part in Fabian events.

Skyline of Liverpool docks

We are off to Liverpool on Saturday 🚗

The Fabians have with our biggest programme yet with over 40 events and hundreds of speakers.

Our new home at The Bluecoat Liverpool will be alive with debate, discussion, and fresh thinking.

Full schedule below!

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Winning in 2026 Rally: Delivering the Labour Government Scotland Needs

Sunday 28 | 17.00 | Bluecoat | @scottishfabians.bsky.social Fabians and True North Advisors

Net Zero, Net Gain: How We Tackle Reform and Make the Case for Green Energy

Tuesday 30 | 11.15 | Bluecoat | @scottishfabians.bsky.social and CWP Energy

Tipping point? | Fabian Society Fabian Society

Scottish Labour’s victory in the Hamilton, Larkhall & Stonehouse byelection sounds the starting gun on the long campaign for next year’s Holyrood election.

On the penultimate weekend of the byelection campaign, Chris Carter caught up with @anassarwar.bsky.social

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“England has missed out on 304,00 homes for social rent over the course of the Affordable Homes Programme”

@bencooper1995.bsky.social opens his keynote at today’s mission summit highlighting the importance of the governments mission to build 1.5m homes.

Huge thanks to everyone who joined us at the Housing Mission Summit and celebrated the launch of our new Fabian Housing Centre yesterday at the RICS.

Introducing the Fabian Housing Centre.

The Housing Centre is a major research and policy programme to help shape the government’s housing strategy and the housing debate across the UK.

We’re developing ambitious ideas to build 1.5m homes, tackle the housing crisis, and create great places to live.

Looking forward to taking part in @FEPS_Europe forum on what happens now to EU-UK relations and how debate on the left in Scotland connects with discussions in the EU on how to build and promote resilient democracies and deliver positive change

The “Scottish” Fabian Review 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is out this week featuring an interview with Anas Sarwar MSP and @glasgowpam.bsky.social @michaelshanksmp.co.uk @rozfoyer.bsky.social @pfokane.bsky.social as well as our national director @kathsangster.bsky.social

🇪🇺 🇬🇧 The EU-UK Common Understanding Summit on May 19th laid the foundations for a new era of partnership - but what happens now?

Register for the conference “The EU-UK Progressive Forum”.
👉https://bit.ly/EUUKProgressiveForum

Our National Director @kathsangster.bsky.social took part in
“Solving Scotland’s Housing Crisis” at Scotland 2050, highlighting the work of the @thefabians.bsky.social on housing and the need for urgent action to tackle the housing crisis

Big win for @scottishlabour.bsky.social, and a huge boost ahead of Holyrood Elections! 🌹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Our next Fabian Review will look ahead to those crucial elections, with Anas Sarwar, @glasgowpam.bsky.social, @michaelshanksmp.co.uk, @pfokane.bsky.social, & @kathsangster.bsky.social

🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨

Around a third of children under five live in poverty.

The forthcoming Child Poverty Strategy needs to deliver for them.

In 'First Steps', @bencooper1995.bsky.social, sets out how the government can tackle early years poverty with public consent.

Anas Sarwar MSP, Michael Shanks MP, Monica Lennon MSP with Scottish Labour activists in Larkhall

Anas Sarwar talking to voters in Larkhall

We spent the day on the campaign trail with Anas Sarwar and Scottish Labour in Hamilton, Stonehouse and Larkhall, you can read all about it in the next @thefabians.bsky.social review

Social care is facing a workforce crisis.

New @thefabians research highlights how an ambitious Fair Pay Agreement give care workers a much-deserved pay rise, and tackle the crisis.

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Stepping up | Scottish Fabian Scottish Fabian

In just over a year Scotland will go to the polls to elect the next government at Holyrood, newly selected candidate Francesca Brennan writes on the change she wants to make in her community.

Jackie Baillie MSP addresses a meeting of the East Lothian Fabian Society at the Waterside Inn Haddington

A great discussion with Jackie Baillie MSP on a new direction for Scotland’s NHS, with plenty of great policy ideas from East Lothian Fabians

Coming to @scottishlabour.bsky.social conference? Join us on Friday evening

As the countdown to the Holyrood elections begin we will discuss what learnings we can take from our first months in government and how we prepare for 2026

FRIDAY 5.30 SEC Dochart

Jackie Baillie MSP, wearing a blue jacket and printed outside the Scottish Parliament looking towards Arthur’s Seat

We are delighted to see one of our local societies go from strength to strength after relaunching last year.

Come along and join the East Lothian Fabians as they hear from Jackie Baillie MSP on the 24th February at 7.30 pm The Waterside Bistro, Haddington EH41 4AT

A huge thanks to @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social for joining us today at the Fabian Society New Year Conference.

Just like Wes, you can join us and become a Fabian today 👇

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Wes Streeting speaking at the Fabian New Year conference: “The populist right are coming for us- and we need to be serious about beating them.”

Wes Streeting in front of a banner saying "Britain 2030".

We've lifted 150,000 people off waiting lists.

If we can do that in 4 months, imagine what we can do in 4 years, says Wes Streeting at @thefabians.bsky.social New Year Conference.

We’re delighted to welcome Secretary of State for Health and Social Care @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social

Great to kick off the Fabian New Year Conference with our great Exec Committee Chair @drsarahyde.bsky.social.

The first with a Labour Government in 15 years! 🌹

I set out the 4️⃣ things that the Fabians will do over the coming months and years…

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‘Labour must deliver change voters can feel’, says Fabian Society’s Joe Dromey – LabourList This Saturday, over 600 Fabian and Labour activists will gather for our New Year Conference. It’s the first such conference with Labour in power for…

📌'We can’t let the previous Government forget the terrible state they left our country in. But pinning the blame where it lies will only get us so far.'

New Fabian Society general secretary @joedromey.bsky.social writes:
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