Jonthan Rutherford Articles

When I read the arguments surrounding Blue Labour and the Purple Book and how Labour needs to reconnect with voters in England, I always find myself drawn back to an article written by Harry Reid on the Herald Scotland website on 11 May 2010:

New Labour’s estrangement from working people is at the root of its problems. Blue Labour is where it should go next, Maurice Glasman tells Robert Philpot

The recent article by Jon Cruddas and myself has attracted both criticism and agreement, here and on other websites. As Anthony Painter argues, there is an important debate taking shape. So I’d like to expand on the original argument which is that Labour has to build its own conception of the ‘Good Society’ and the best way of achieving this is to recognise that the future is conservative.