That I «m, afraid is
Blue Labour policy.
This collections of essays outlines some key
Blue Labour policy approaches.
Not exact matches
The
Blue Labour agenda is set out in an ebook from 2011, The
Labour Tradition and the Politics of Paradox (edited by Maurice Glasman, Jonathan Rutherford, Marc Stears and Stuart White), at the core of which is a powerful critique of
Labour Party thought and
policy since 1945.
«A
Policy Network pamphlet by four authors, including Anthony Painter and Hopi Sen, is called In the Black
Labour, playing on the fashion for symbolic colours (Red Tories,
Blue Labour, The Purple Book).
This time he accuses
Labour of «stictching together»
policies and says they should be called «Red Ed and his
Blue Peter
policies.»
After Ed Miliband became leader of the Britain's opposition
Labour Party in 2010, a debate over its
policy began under the term «
Blue Labour».
There are a number of viable options available for Miliband and his
policy coordinators ranging from the
Blue Labour doctrine promoted by Lord Maurice Glasman, or the ideas of «The Purple Book» penned by the remaining Blairites of the party.
«There is clear
blue water between
Labour and the Conservative party
policies in this area,» he stated.
Rumours suggest that Andrew Adonis was seriously being considered to head the
policy review over the weekend, but Ed Miliband and his team went for the
Blue Labour MP instead.
This shows the existence of a party with real conservative beliefs and
policies is hitting the mark and rattling the
Blue -
Labour Party.
Jon Cruddas, the
Labour policy chief, is widely thought to view euroscepticism as part of his
Blue Labour agenda and even figures like Chuka Umunna have expressed support for an In / Out referendum to settle the issue (I should know - he knocked on my door at election time and told me so).
Within the
Labour party, among backbench MPs and constituency activists alike, one of the most common complaints is that new
policies seem to come out of the
blue - or from the Downing Street wonks - without being discussed in the party's
policy - making process.
The discussion has now moved on from the «
Labour's bound to lose because they're so useless» narrative so beloved of Atul to what are we going to do in coalition and looking further ahead to future
policy approaches such as
Blue Labour.