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…
St George’s Day
‘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…
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…
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…
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…
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?…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
