On 7/23/2012 8:18 AM, Thomas C. Leonard wrote:
> It’s not easy, but Rutherford, no less than Alan Isaac, commits the Whiggish error of reading the original progressives in the 21^st century sense of
> Left of center politically.

That may well be.  But my intent is to consider
who felt they held the progressive mantle:

     "The function of The Political Quarterly will be to
     discuss social and political questions from
     a progressive point of view."

Cheers,
Alan Isaac