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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

I was delighted to contribute to this excellent @uclpolicylab.bsky.social & @powertochange.org.uk essay collection on “Labour and the communitarian tradition”, alongside @ewallis.bsky.social, @mds49.bsky.social, @caitprowle.bsky.social, @kirstymcneill.bsky.social & @andyburnham.bsky.social

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Ed Wallis @ewallis.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Really pleased to have written the introduction to this new essay collection from @uclpolicylab.bsky.social @right-here.org @powertochange.org.uk. It argues Labour's communitarian tradition holds many of the answers to the key challenges the government faces today: www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...

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Ed Wallis @ewallis.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Spending Review response from @locality.org.uk 👇 Some positive announcements like the funding for 350 deprived communities. But despite the Chancellor specifically referencing community assets in the Commons, no dedicated funding for community ownership announced.

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Locality @locality.org.uk · 05/06/2025

“Across Greater Manchester, and the country, Locality members are showing what’s possible when local people are trusted with power"- @ewallis.bsky.social Great to be with @andyburnham.bsky.social & @right-here.org on the BIG GM Live Well Bus Tour, celebrating community orgs in #Manchester

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Ed Wallis @ewallis.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Excited to be in Manchester today with @right-here.org community leaders, to join the Big GM Live Well Bus Tour. Going to be visiting great @locality.org.uk members, hearing from @andyburnham.bsky.social, and learning about putting community powered devolution into practice.

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Nick Plumb @nickplumb.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Ed argues powerfully that there's more to Fabianism than the big state, and that this flavour of Fabianism is the creed we need to meet the moment.

Reform UK’s local election success has brought to the fore the populist discontent that threatens even Labour’s landslide majority. More in Common’s Luke Tryl recently described focus groups where “the disillusionment was the worst I’ve heard, in every group it was anger, despondency or misery about the state of Britain that doesn’t feel sustainable.”

Number 10 know they need a response to this; one that closes the gap between politics and people, and builds a collective sense of agency, where we feel we can tackle the challenges our country faces together.

The good news is we have precisely this agenda, rooted in Labour’s Fabian tradition and fleshed out in the policy thinking and practical experimentation of the last decade and a half. It’s time for the left to move it from the margins to the mainstream as the core means of achieving its mission in 2025 and beyond.

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We're Right Here @right-here.org · 06/05/2025

“Local authorities have a crucial role to play in this new era of community power.“ — @ewallis.bsky.social In a new article for LGIU, Ed explores how our proposals for more community involvement in local decision-making could help councils meet their goals. lgiu.org/blog-article... @locality.org.uk

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Empowering communities through the English Devolution Bill - LGiU

In this article, Locality explains the We’re Right Here campaign, which advocates for fostering community power through the English Devolution Bill. It highlights the need for meaningful community inv...

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We're Right Here @right-here.org · 25/04/2025

Community power has always been at the heart of Labour politics.🌹 @ewallis.bsky.social writes for @thefabians.bsky.social about how the government can learn from its history to meet today’s challenges with new & better solutions. Read the article: fabians.org.uk/publication/... @locality.org.uk

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Social Democracy Now - Fabian Society

Communitarianism has long been part of the Fabian story, most notably developed by G.D.H. Cole and R.H. Tawney. But until now, it has been a subplot — overshadowed by the big-state, democratic…

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Fabian Society @thefabians.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

We’re excited to share Social Democracy Now, a new pamphlet by @ewallis.bsky.social.  As political, economic, and environmental challenges mount, Wallis revisits the communitarian tradition and offers a fresh toolkit for social democrats to shape a more participatory democracy. 🧵 (1/5)

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Josh Westerling @joshwesterling.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

"It is equality of *power* that social democrats should seek today – the ability to live our lives together...in the way we choose." Great pamphlet from @ewallis.bsky.social drawing on the rich communitarian resources of the centre-left and mapping them onto a revisionist policy agenda for today.

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Ed Wallis @ewallis.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I’m really pleased to have written a pamphlet for @thefabians.bsky.social . It’s called “Social Democracy Now”, and argues that the answers the left needs today can be in found in its (recent and distant) communitarian past. Read all about it here: fabians.org.uk/publication/...

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