Comment St George’s Day: ‘Labour should take on the challenge of appealing to England’ In a recent and quite bizarre argument, Russian-born ‘comic’ Kisin Konstantin declared that English-born Rishi Sunak wasn’t English… John Denham 23rd April, 2025, 6:00 am
Columnist ‘National flags and identity can be inclusive – we’re right to embrace them’ From the very beginning, Keir Starmer’s Labour has been proudly patriotic. The 2022 Labour Party conference opened with… Alice Perry 23rd April, 2024, 10:10 am
Columnist Labour’s core purpose is a patriotic one – and we must not be shy about it No politician was ever chosen to govern a major democratic country without being at ease with its national… Sunder Katwala 30th May, 2023, 12:34 pm
Comment St George’s Day: Labour can’t ‘take back control’ without devolving English government On another St George’s Day, England’s government is creeping onto the agenda. It is not English identity that… John Denham 23rd April, 2023, 8:00 am
Comment The past 18 months show the politics of England can no longer be ignored St George’s Day provides an annual reminder to Labour members that many of the key challenges the party… Joe Jervis 23rd April, 2021, 12:00 pm
Comment Patriotism should not be Labour’s sore point. Let’s create our own narrative Have you received any ‘Happy St. George’s Day’ messages yet? Are you doing anything to mark the occasion?… Dan Jarvis 23rd April, 2021, 7:30 am
Daily email Do you remember the first time? Keir Starmer took to the despatch box for his first Prime Minister’s Questions as Labour leader this week.… Sienna Rodgers 23rd April, 2020, 10:37 am
Comment English identity, civic nationalism and a compulsory civic service The words below were delivered by David Lammy on March 3rd at the English Labour Network’s ‘Politics of… David Lammy 23rd April, 2020, 9:11 am
Comment Nation-building must be at the heart of Labour’s politics George Orwell’s infamous declaration that “England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their… Joe Jervis 23rd April, 2019, 7:30 am
Comment Excited about extra bank holidays? There’s more to celebrate Four new bank holidays, celebrating the four constituent patron saints from around the UK, has long been a… Anna Macey 23rd April, 2018, 8:34 pm