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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

yes, this is excellent, as i'd expect from @jydenham.bsky.social - if a bit depressing!

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John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

‘Services designed around people….prevention not crisis’ Lou Haigh promises Total Place principles at Labour conference today.

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‘Services designed around people….prevention not crisis’ Lou Haigh promises Total Place principles at Labour conference today.

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John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Powerful endorsement of Total Place principles by Lou Haigh at Labour conference just now (with Andy Burnham on the platform): 'biggest and most important reform' (to public services) for generations.

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John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The relationship between Labour and the world of ideas is too weak. A modest initiaive to improve it.... buff.ly/9pHL5jN

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I wouldn't consider myself a particular expert in national security, but it is absolutely obvious what the problem is and what needs to be done. The failure of the UK government to respond to disorder over a sustained period is egregious.

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John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Labour needs better relationships with academics and experts. renewal.org.uk/blog/labour-...

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John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Welcome views from party activists and non-partisan academics on this 👇

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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

" @labouruk.bsky.social has recently appointed a No 10 advisor to lead engagement with think tanks, academics, and other networks. But, welcome though this is, Labour has never had a consistent strategy for engaging a wider intellectual community." Former MHCLG Secretary John Denham (2009-10)

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John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Rekindling Labour's relationship with the wider world of progressive ideas. renewal.org.uk/blog/labour-...

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John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Labour’s relationship with academics and intellectuals needs an overhaul renewal.org.uk/blog/labour-...

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Labour’s relationship with academics and intellectuals needs an overhaul renewal.org.uk/blog/labour-...

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John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Labour's historically patchy, on-off, short term engagement with academics and intellectuals needs an overhaul renewal.org.uk/blog/labour-...

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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The BBC has decided that this constitutes news… A man who left for Monaco several years ago declaring he’s ’lost confidence’ in the UK His qualification for making the headlines? Owning £15bn Broadcasting like democracy already died! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK

Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

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John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Where does Labour get its ideas from? renewal.org.uk/blog/labour-...

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John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Where does Labour get its ideas from? renewal.org.uk/blog/labour-...

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Renewal @renewaljournal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

New on Renewal Online: John Denham (@jydenham.bsky.social) considers Labour's past and current relationship with the wider progressive intellectual eco-system, and calls for a pro-active strategy to foster new strategic thinking renewal.org.uk/blog/labour-...

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Labour, intellectuals and progressive politics

Progressive parties are sustained by vision, aspiration, energy, commitment and organisation. But none last long without ideas. Labour, however, is remarkably uncurious about where its ideas come from...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Absolutely horrendous for this woman and her family.

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John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I do find odd that we all apparently enjoy the right to enter a hotel uninvited, go to the guest floors, knock on the doors of complete strangers on the grounds that they are not white - and yet not commit any offence.

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Group entered hotel of Pakistan cricketers mistaken for migrants

Protesters congregated at a Portsmouth hotel after false rumours that a coach of migrants had arrived.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A suggested statement for Andy Burnham.

‘The British public decided in the 1930s that they would not tolerate black-shirted militias marching through their streets. They would cherish robust political argument; they would not accept thuggery and intimidation. When Oswald Mosley led his Blackshirts to Cable Street, local people turned them back. A new law – introduced by a Liberal, backed by Labour and carried by a Conservative majority – banned private militias, political uniforms and ‘the use or display of physical force in promoting any political object’. The British people are as determined today as in the 1930s that they will not accept the methods of Mussolini and the Munich Beer Hall. This government will uphold the law and defend the traditions of British democracy’.

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denismacshane.bsky.social @denismacshane.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Much common sense from @jydenham.bsky.social on R4 on Portsmouth, Dover. In France it is a crime to wear a face covering at a political demonstration. But heaven forfend we might learn anything from Europe @nicklowles.bsky.social @roswynnejones.bsky.social

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Sarah Taylor @saturngirl.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Oh bravo @jydenham.bsky.social on #bbcpm. Evan wants him to talk about stopping the boats but he’s very clear about stopping the black-clad thugs instead.

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Political Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Orwell’s reflections on England and Britain informed our recent public debate on nationhood, featuring Ros Wynne-Jones, Rosie Campbell, Tom McTague, John Denham, and Pippa Catterall. Listen now:

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'Englishness, Britishness, and the Populist Challenge', with The Orwell Foundation

Listen to 'Englishness, Britishness, and the Populist Challenge', with The Orwell Foundation by Political_Quarterly

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Nolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocide💔💙 @philildo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

R4 #PM had John Denham on - he was absolutely clear that this was masked thuggery and that the organisers should be brought to justice - maybe a modicum of backtracking from the Beeb? (I know, that's wishful thinking!)

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is genuinely hilarious framing of small boats now numbers are dropping

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

‘Those close to the process say capping donations is not a priority for Burnham and not a subject over which it would be worth triggering a fight with Labour’s biggest backers.’ Oligarchic politics is not Burnham’s friend. But he doesn’t seem to realise it www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors

PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 26/08/2026

The trade unions have got this one absolutely wrong, and it's *so* dangerous that Labour's not able to see the bigger picture on this one. Union concerns that a future government could use this to come for union funding to parties is legitimate – *but that will happen anyway*.

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Anthony Barnett @anthonybarnett.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It seems he' s made the wrong call ( @georgemonbiot.bsky.social, @writesbright.bsky.social @petergeoghegan.bsky.social). It's reversible & must be reversed. But first, don't blame the Trade Unions! This is an old gag. Their support is easily sorted. 2/4 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors

PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Very decent of the BBC to report our £50bn savings claim as though it's a fact, rather than the made up load of old bollocks that it actually is.

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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

It remains striking that Cambridge University – which has rightly found itself subject to immense scrutiny in recent days over its academic appointments process – did not answer any of Byline Times' questions re Cambridge Professor James Orr, Reform's Head of Policy, and his activities there. Why?

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John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

By coincidence, read this today. It’s a great study with lots of relevance to making the more ambitious devolution framework work. (The associated book has even more detail)

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John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

England’s sporting, cultural and political elites have long been imbued with the Anglo-centrism fostered under empire. (Belief that Britain’s and England’s interest can be conflated and require no distinct recognition)🧵

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John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This is important - much more radical than local tax raising powers. If substantial it will also gain a momentum of its own as localities explore and exercise their new powers.

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Andy Burnham to give regional mayors share of income tax

The prime minister says the move will give power to "every postcode" but critics say the plans lack detail.

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John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Thanks for reposting. I’ve also written about England, the UK and the need for Labour to understand the politics of nationhood open.substack.com/pub/nationst...

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Andy, Labour, and the politics of nationhood

Can Labour find a nation politics?

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John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Burnham’s team will surely know that dropping the focus on Net Zero would be a ‘winter fuel allowance’ moment for key sections of the electorate.

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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Not going to lie, I think this is a bad idea. UK Government has not properly adjusted to devolution. We have a series of ministers who seem to largely man mark devolved nations/regions- we don't need more. Which creates even more clutter/duplication. We have to push power down *and* de-dupe.

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John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · 15/07/2026