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Ben Glover @ben-glover.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

What unites Blue Labour and the soft left? What unites the old right and the Socialist Campaign Group? I've written for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social on how reindustrialisation can unite Labour - and what that means for 'Manchesterism'. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

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Manchesterism needs steel, not just services

Andy Burnham must be prepared to rebuild British industry

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Anthony Barnett @anthonybarnett.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

End 'Progressive Nostalgia' @ben-glover.bsky.social calls it out. Ukania's problems go back to the 80s www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

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Thatcherism is still the problem

Labour cannot comprehend the scale of our historical malaise

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Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Late to this excellent piece by @ben-glover.bsky.social on the reasons the post-1945 Britain looks more attractive to many young politicos than the post-1979 one. And on the thing that made that work, which we need to stop hating quite so much: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

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Labour must embrace the spirit of postwar Britain

Industrial strategy is back in fashion

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The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Exclusive: Starmer outspends Johnson on levelling up in first year Labour invested £2bn more on Levelling Up in its first year 🖊️ @anooshc.bsky.social

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Exclusive: Starmer outspends Johnson on levelling up in first year

Labour invested £2bn more on Levelling Up in its first year.

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Anoosh Chakelian @anooshc.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Exclusive! Labour spends more on Boris Johnson's flagship policy in its first year than Boris Johnson did:

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Exclusive: Starmer outspends Johnson on levelling up in first year

Labour invested £2bn more on Levelling Up in its first year

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