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đŸ§” on #Jubilee2022: Parts of the left have become so defensive & lacking in confidence that they are swallowing a Blue Labour politics that has been discredited time & time again. (1/21)
Just to be clear, Blue Labour isn’t Blairite - it’s the strand of Labour politics that has its origins in the old Labour right & emphasises “faith, flag & family”. It fundamentally believes that the working class are unmovable in their social conservatism. (2/21)
The Jubilee is a gift for these people. The pressure to go along with this ‘bread and circuses’ is overwhelming & think Blue Labourites prey on the insecurities of that section of the left which buys a mythologised version of working class past & present. (3/21)
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