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Published in: openDemocracyUKBreaking the impasse: how to avoid a Labour splitA Labour split would be disastrous. But the party can avoid this if it learns from the republicanism of Machiavelli.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe dignity of dissent: E.P. Thompson and Britain's One Nation LabourWhat is the role of dissent in a political vision predicated on 'unity', and how does this fit with Labour's record...
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Published in: HomeHobsbawm’s legacy for LabourDespite all the compliments, we are entitled to ask: what has Britain’s current Labour Party really learned from...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBlue Labour's controversial ideas are good for Miliband and his partyThe Labour party would be the losers if they cut the Blue Labour project adrift due to misjudged comments on...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBlue Labour: is there a baby in the bathwater?The star of Blue Labour, a key project influencing the re-shaping of the Labour party, appears to be waning, after...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat is Blue Labour? An Interview with Jonathan RutherfordIn the second of a series of interviews on Blue Labour, Jonathan Rutherford tackles some common misconceptions with...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhat is Blue Labour? An Interview with Marc StearsIn the first of a series of interviews on "Blue Labour", Marc Stears argues that the UK Labour party must recover a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBlue Labour: a bad name for some good ideasThe Labour Party is rightly undergoing a wholesale review of policy, and Blue Labour has done more than any other...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBlue Labour and immigration: a Sky News debateA transcript of a Sky News debate on Blue Labour, an idea gaining traction as a guide to rejuvenating the Labour...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOld, new, borrowed or blue... Has Blue Labour been duped by conservatism?Blue Labour is based on a problematic understanding of conservatism, which takes working class conservatism at face...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBlue Labour RealismBlue Labour is not a vision of how the world should be, nor is it nostalgic. Through recognising the importance of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe British centre-left, Blue Labour and tradition: a response to Stuart WhiteIn response to Stuart White's critique of Blue Labour, Robert Tinker proposes that the centre-left adopt a dynamic...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBlue Labour: a Republican critiqueHow does Blue Labour fit into the ideological landscape of Britain? Stuart White follows Alan Finlayson in an...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKShould the left go Blue? Making sense of Maurice GlasmanAs the figurehead of 'Blue Labour', Maurice Glasman is being hailed as an intellectual guru for the Labour Party. In...
