The increasing influence of unaccountable forces on politicshas led to a crisis of identity

As the Labour party conference continues in the shadow of the wide-ranging implications of Scotland’s Independence Referendum and the increasing progress of UKIP in England, Karin Christiansen, General Secretary of the Co-operative Party, argues that a crisis of identity is the consequence of states and individuals increasingly finding themselves unable to control external forces. She looks at Labour’s response to this crisis, arguing that the solution is a co-operative one.