In Labour’s Blues #1, I attempted an overview of the recent book Blue Labour – Forging a New Politics . This was followed by Labour’s Blues #2 in which I questioned the values of Catholic Social Teaching (CST) which receives high praise in Blue Labour. In this last piece I return to the arguments of Blue […]
Posts Tagged ‘Blue Labour’
Labour’s Blues #3 – a coherent ‘anti-theory’ theory that must be challenged
Mar 30th, 2015 by David Pavett.Labour’s Blues #2 – Catholic doctrine and defence of the existing social order
Mar 25th, 2015 by David Pavett.In Labour’s Blues – anti-secular, anti-rational, more radical conservative than socialist?, I pointed out that the recent book Blue Labour – Forging a New Politics is marked by an anti-secular and anti-rationalist theme running throughout its pages. Further, it claims great importance for religious insights in general and of Catholic Social Thought (CST) in particular as a […]
Labour’s Blues – anti-secular, anti-rational, more radical conservative than socialist?
Mar 23rd, 2015 by David Pavett.With the 2015 general election almost upon us everyone knows that, even with the boosting effect (for the big parties) of our first past the post system, Labour is unlikely to win a majority of seats. The outcome of the election is especially unpredictable due to the decline of the major parties and the rise […]
There is nothing radical about little Englandism
Mar 21st, 2015 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.I’m not an avid follower of Paul Kingsnorth’s work, but I do remember his One No, Many Yeses. This was a contribution – some may say cash-in – to the burgeoning library on the internationalist, anti-capitalist, and fashionably networky movement of sundry NGOs, anarchists and occasional Trots of the early part of the last decade. […]
Fight austerity not migrants
May 28th, 2014 by Barry Gray.Last week’s local and European elections, alongside opinion polls, suggest Labour should win next year’s General Election, but only if the decline in its support since late 2012 is halted at this point. Labour’s share of the European election vote was 25 per cent and its national equivalent vote (NEV) share of the local election […]
Red, white, (purple) or blue? Just Labour
Jul 26th, 2012 by Lucy Reese.It was an event I’d been looking forward to for a while – a debate on the future of Labour. The speakers were Owen Jones (needs no introduction), Richard Angell of Progress and Patrick McFarlane of so-called Blue Labour.
Blue Labour: gone and best forgotten
Jul 22nd, 2011 by Darrell Goodliffe.Maurice Glasman really needs help with his grenade-throwing addiction. It is not a good sign when you are so desperate to do it that you casually lob one into your own home. His interview in the Daily Telegraph in which he aligned himself with the immigration policy of the British National Party and UKIP has destroyed Blue […]
Blue Labour debate: Glasman, Abbott and Flint
Jul 6th, 2011 by Jon Lansman.Good performance by Diane, especially on immigration, social housing and casualisation of labour. Form your own judgement!
The demolition of Maurice Glasman
Jun 21st, 2011 by Jon Lansman.Last night on the subject of Blue Labour, Helen Goodman MP (with a bit of help from Comrade Paxman) had the better of Maurice Glasman (or as Paxman had it “Goldman…sorry Grassman”). You can judge for your self here or read this transcript: