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Maurice Glasman Articles

The strange death and rebirth of blue Labour

Near-fatally wounded last year, blue Labour is back at the heart of the party’s debate. Richard Darlington talks to its key players It has been quite a journey for blue Labour. Bursting onto the scene after the party’s election defeat and proclaimed by many as its...

A new guru in town?

Is it a case of step aside Maurice Glasman, there's a new guru in town? The big Labour summer hit is the rise of the Australian philosopher-politico Tim Soutphommasane, who is being feted by the the party leadership for his suggestion that Labour should create a...

Unions and the new economy

‘There will come a time when the Treasury understands economics but it hasn’t happened yet’ and with that remark it was Martin Wolf of the Financial Times who became the darling of the Unions21 annual conference. Our conference theme of Unions and the New Economy...

The end of the beginning?

Well that was a rubbish week, wasn’t it? We Labour activists seem to have had quite a few rubbish weeks since 2005. This one struck particularly close to home as two of the star players contributing to Labour’s woes were fellow members of the Hackney Labour party...