After decades in which the very word ‘class’ has been virtually unmentionable in polite Labour Party circles, the symbolism behind the acronym that arises from launching a body under the name of the Centre for Labour and Social Studies is entirely obvious.

Even some of those sympathetic to its birth argue privately that the title is a mistake, as it will lead the media automatically to dismiss its output as the work of recidivist crypto-Trot headbangers.

But let’s face it, the Daily Mail is certain to slate its output, even if it had somehow contrived to be known to the world as BUTTERCUP. Continue reading →