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John Denham

@jydenham

Professor, Labour MP ('92-'15) and minister, Centre for English Identity and Politics, and Southern Policy Centre. Blog at theoptimisticpatriot.co.uk

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Real Blue Labour values led Labour to ensure this country fought the Nazis. You Trump apologists and Putin sycophants have nothing in common.

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Trump's lies about Russia's invasion of Ukraine and about the government of President Zelensky become more astonishing by the day. Even more astonishing is to listen to them being repeated by Vice President JD Vance and Defence Secretary Hegseth. All this before we listen to the

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In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.
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The right is conciously constructing a deeply conservative but ethnically inclusive Britishness (the Chair of Reform identifies as a patriotic British Muslim, Braverman, Badenoch etc) within which they create political and cultural space for a white Englishness.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 "Labour dare not let the populist right define this debate. This means taking on the debate about Englishness and who can be English" John Denham makes the case for Labour taking on the challenge of appealing to England labourlist.org/2025/04/st-geo…

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 On #StGeorgesDay, former minister John Denham says Labour needs to take on 'the debate about Englishness'. 'Labour usually ducks the question. We can’t any longer, and it’s about more than flags and football.' labourlist.org/2025/04/st-geo…

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NEW: "Englishness has historically incorporated newcomers who invest in their lives here. As we confront the populist right we can’t be spectators." John Denham for LabourList on why Labour must meet the challenge of appealing to England: #StGeorgesDay labourlist.org/2025/04/st-geo…

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English Labour network in my opinion trailblazers. It’s good they are ensuring , the conversations communities are having are truly reflected.

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Thank you to English Labour Net. for inviting me to speak at their #StGeorgesDay event in Parliament My contribution focused on shared values, shared hopes, communities coming together, and how important it is to listen to working class voices. Here’s a clip.

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Is there anyone in charge of UK Middle East policy? Last week the UK suspended talks with Israel over a further free trade deal with foreign sect saying what Israel is doing in Gaza "is extremist, dangerous, repellent and monstrous". One week later the UK trade envoy acts as

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“There is one policy option open to the Government which would lay the groundwork for a deep shift in how public investment secures better outcomes” John Denham & @jesstud.bsky.social set out 5 reasons the Government should launch Total Place 2.0. newlocal.org.uk/articles/five-…

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John Denham @jesstud.bsky.social Join us at #StrongerThings on 3 June to hear John Denham's take on how devolution can bring power back to local areas and unlock place-based working for impact. Tickets 👉 newlocal.org.uk/st25-online/

<a href="/JYDenham/">John Denham</a> <a href="/jesstud/">@jesstud.bsky.social</a> Join us at #StrongerThings on 3 June to hear <a href="/JYDenham/">John Denham</a>'s take on how devolution can bring power back to local areas and unlock place-based working for impact.

Tickets 👉 newlocal.org.uk/st25-online/