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Jonathan Rutherford

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Labour needs a politics of earning and belonging

“This is the dawn of a new era,” declared Boris Johnson an hour before Brexit. He has exploited…
Jonathan Rutherford
10th February, 2020, 11:12 am
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Why Blue Labour is still relevant under Corbyn

Sabrina Huck argued in a LabourList piece last week that the Corbyn movement is failing to develop a…
Jonathan Rutherford
2nd April, 2019, 5:10 pm
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Labour must recover its traditions, not back another referendum

The argument for a second referendum offers a tantalising promise of redemption from political chaos. But those in…
Jonathan Rutherford
19th December, 2018, 8:49 am
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The long read: Labour leavers and remainers must make common cause against raw capitalism of the hard-right

The Conservative government clings to office. It has no strategic view of the country’s future. It appears incapable…
Jonathan Rutherford
3rd December, 2017, 7:00 am
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The long read: Labour can respond to Brexit by leading a popular politics that completes the shift away from Thatcherism

Labour has passed from volatile crisis into New Year inertia. The party found itself left on the sideline…
Jonathan Rutherford
12th February, 2017, 7:00 am
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The long read: We need a political centre ground within Labour before we can build a Labour coalition in the country

English socialism Labour is sinking in the polls. There is still some way to go before we hit…
Jonathan Rutherford
30th October, 2016, 8:00 am
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Labour was the party of the union. Now Corbyn needs to admit Labour’s future is federal

The history of the Labour Party is the history of the union. It was created in its current…
Jonathan Rutherford
5th February, 2016, 9:40 am
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What does Labour stand for when it is no longer the party of the working class?

Despite the claims to radicalism of Labour’s new leadership it is avoiding the one big question confronting it…
Jonathan Rutherford
16th December, 2015, 7:28 am
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The Eighteenth Brumaire of Jeremy Corbyn

It has been an extraordinary time for the Labour Party. After a second shattering electoral defeat Labour’s world…
Jonathan Rutherford
6th November, 2015, 9:41 am
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Labour is pursuing a 25% strategy. Only the soft left can build a winning coalition

It is little more than a month since Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader. The summer of hope is…
Jonathan Rutherford
15th October, 2015, 8:40 am
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