Blue Labour Midlands Seminar
The Primacy of the Social and Ethical - How Blue Labour speaks to the social, political and economic situation in the
UK in 2012.
In association with the Centre of Theology and Philosophy, University of Nottingham
6 July 2012, 9.30am to 17.00pm
University of Nottingham
‘Out
of what materials can Labour fashion a compelling vision of the type of
country we wish to govern and offer an effective orientation for
assured political action?
The Labour tradition is not best understood as the living embodiment of the liberal/communitarian debate, or as a variant of the European Marxist/Social Democratic tension. Labour is robustly national and international, conservative and reforming, christian and secular, republican and monarchical, democratic and elitist, radical and traditional, and it is most transformative and effective when it defies the status quo in the name of ancient as well as modern values’
(‘Labour as a Radical Tradition’, Maurice Glasman, 2011)
Dear friend,
You are invited to the ‘Blue Labour Midlands Seminar’ taking place at the University of Nottingham on 6 July 2012.
The aim of this seminar is to gather Blue Labour thinkers, supporters and activists to explore and discuss substantive Blue Labour themes. The aim would be to deepen, enrich and expand upon the themes that constitute the emerging Blue Labour narrative.
Professor John Milbank will give the opening address and Lord Glasman will close the conference. Our panel discussions will cover a broad and critical range of concerns such as political economy, regional and national identity and post-liberal politics.
We will meet, reflect, discuss, agree and possibly disagree yet commit to act to meet the needs of this hour. Needs that require a radical response rooted in all that is inherently good within Labour’s formative tradition.
If you are interested in attending please contact Ian Geary at idtommyg@hotmail.co.uk. The cost is £15 for those in employment and £5 for students and the unemployed. These tariffs are merely to cover the events costs and we will be asking people to pay on the day.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Professor John Milbank
Professor John Milbank
Professor Adrian Pabst
Richard Robinson
Ian Geary
What's Milbank going to say? YOU'RE GOING TO BE DEALT WITH, YOU'RE GOING TO BE DEALT WITH BOOHOOOOHOO I WANT MUMMY
ReplyDeleteIt's always fun to hear from the losers. I trust that you are enjoying Ed Miliband as Leader, Maurice Glasman back as an adviser, Jon Cruddus heading the Policy Review, and a 14-point lead in the polls, the biggest since YouGov was founded. So much for Blair and his Heir. It would take a heart of stone not to laugh.
ReplyDeleteWhy is David Lindsay not one of the hosts? Surely the public deserve Blue Labour's true founder as confirmed by Glasman, you are a true north east prophet. Have you rejoined the Labour Party yet?
ReplyDeleteI'm not a Midlands prophet, though, am I? And it was John who called me that, although Maurice was also very complimentary.
ReplyDeleteI have no plans to do so.
The comment, no doubt accurately reported by Oliver Kamm, is against Milbank.
ReplyDeletePresumably Glasman will again call for the EDL to invited in, or some other toxic nonsense.
"no doubt accurately reported by Oliver Kamm"
ReplyDeleteBless. What a very simple soul you must be. You are certainly a very amateur smear-merchant.
With Ed Miliband, Leader of a party 14 points ahead in the polls, comes Jon Cruddas, with whom in turn come Maurice and the whole of Blue Labour, including John, who is also Phillip Blond's mentor on, as the Americans say, the other side of the aisle.
Whereas Kamm is not only one, but both, of a Blairite and a Murdoch employee. He might as well be dead these days.
Not a smear Mr Lindsay.
ReplyDeleteGlasman wants: "to build a party that brokers a common good, that involves those people who support the EDL within our party. Not dominant in the party, not setting the tone of the party, but just a reconnection with those people that we can represent a better life for them, because that’s what they want."
Toxic nonsense quoted from: http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2011/04/19/labour-isnt-working/
The source proves the smear. Progress, indeed! I ask you! An expulsionable party within the Labour Party, for people whose days are numbered.
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