David Klemperer
@dmk1793.bsky.social
Historian, researcher, and co-editor of @renewaljournal.bsky.social
Really enjoyed this wide-ranging essay on the Corbynism, commoning, English identity, and the radical politics of the allotment
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Really enjoyed this wide-ranging essay on the Corbynism, commoning, English identity, and the radical politics of the allotment
I think @philipchristman.bsky.social's assessment today also nailed it:
November 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I think @philipchristman.bsky.social's assessment today also nailed it:
Thinking back to this excellent concluding paragraph from @lioneltrolling.bsky.social's Substack post after Zohran Mamdani's initial primary victory:
November 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Thinking back to this excellent concluding paragraph from @lioneltrolling.bsky.social's Substack post after Zohran Mamdani's initial primary victory:
Insightful commentary from @morganj0nes.bsky.social on the limitations of how Labour's "organiser class" approach politics:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
November 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Insightful commentary from @morganj0nes.bsky.social on the limitations of how Labour's "organiser class" approach politics:
www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
"AI Will Destablise Society And Progressively Send Everyone Insane" vs "No It Won't"
October 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"AI Will Destablise Society And Progressively Send Everyone Insane" vs "No It Won't"
Caitlin Prowle is absolutely right about the importance not just of community in the abstract, but of community ownership of assets as a means of making it a concrete reality - and it’s been great seeing the @coopparty.party.coop successfully push this agenda nationally
October 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Caitlin Prowle is absolutely right about the importance not just of community in the abstract, but of community ownership of assets as a means of making it a concrete reality - and it’s been great seeing the @coopparty.party.coop successfully push this agenda nationally
The UK government right now:
October 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The UK government right now:
Great summation by @morganj0nes.bsky.social of the vibes at last month's Global Progressive Jamboree: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...
October 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Great summation by @morganj0nes.bsky.social of the vibes at last month's Global Progressive Jamboree: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...
Really enjoyed this piece by Chaminda
October 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Really enjoyed this piece by Chaminda
Hard not to feel a bit millenarian about it all
October 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Hard not to feel a bit millenarian about it all
This is such a good article btw - I really buy this as a theory of contemporary US politics
October 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This is such a good article btw - I really buy this as a theory of contemporary US politics
reading about the motorist rights party that just won a load of seats in Czechia
October 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
reading about the motorist rights party that just won a load of seats in Czechia
Which way Labour man?
October 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Which way Labour man?
In piece for @renewaljournal.bsky.social, I suggest Labour conference saw the emergence of two distinct approaches to practicing politics in a broken public sphere:
- YIMBYs and Growth Groupers pursue disruption
- "progressive communitarians" seek re-connection
- YIMBYs and Growth Groupers pursue disruption
- "progressive communitarians" seek re-connection
October 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
In piece for @renewaljournal.bsky.social, I suggest Labour conference saw the emergence of two distinct approaches to practicing politics in a broken public sphere:
- YIMBYs and Growth Groupers pursue disruption
- "progressive communitarians" seek re-connection
- YIMBYs and Growth Groupers pursue disruption
- "progressive communitarians" seek re-connection
Smashing talk from Tom Musgrove of @qmul.bsky.social on “Henry Noel Brailsford and the Last Crusade”
October 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Smashing talk from Tom Musgrove of @qmul.bsky.social on “Henry Noel Brailsford and the Last Crusade”
"Progressive patriotism" doesn't have to mean po-faced panels about Diggers, Chartists, and Morris dancing.
For @renewaljournal.bsky.social, Sofie Jenkinson argues that social democrats should embrace "Mr Blobby patriotism" and stand up for "Silly Sausage Britain".
renewal.org.uk/blog/mr-blob...
For @renewaljournal.bsky.social, Sofie Jenkinson argues that social democrats should embrace "Mr Blobby patriotism" and stand up for "Silly Sausage Britain".
renewal.org.uk/blog/mr-blob...
October 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"Progressive patriotism" doesn't have to mean po-faced panels about Diggers, Chartists, and Morris dancing.
For @renewaljournal.bsky.social, Sofie Jenkinson argues that social democrats should embrace "Mr Blobby patriotism" and stand up for "Silly Sausage Britain".
renewal.org.uk/blog/mr-blob...
For @renewaljournal.bsky.social, Sofie Jenkinson argues that social democrats should embrace "Mr Blobby patriotism" and stand up for "Silly Sausage Britain".
renewal.org.uk/blog/mr-blob...
Tyler Cowen blogs one-handed
October 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Tyler Cowen blogs one-handed
Interesting argument from @andy-summers.bsky.social that Reeves’s tax pledges are good, because they could force the government to explore structural reform of the tax system rather than just jacking up rates
September 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Interesting argument from @andy-summers.bsky.social that Reeves’s tax pledges are good, because they could force the government to explore structural reform of the tax system rather than just jacking up rates
Punchy but necessary intervention from @sundersays.bsky.social in @renewaljournal.bsky.social, responding the anonymous memo circulating amongst Labour MPs:
renewal.org.uk/blog/false-p...
renewal.org.uk/blog/false-p...
September 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Punchy but necessary intervention from @sundersays.bsky.social in @renewaljournal.bsky.social, responding the anonymous memo circulating amongst Labour MPs:
renewal.org.uk/blog/false-p...
renewal.org.uk/blog/false-p...
Pleased to see @sundersays.bsky.social highlight the new @uclpolicylab.bsky.social essay collection on Labour and communitarianism in his response to the anonymous screed being circulated of late amongst Labour MPs
September 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Pleased to see @sundersays.bsky.social highlight the new @uclpolicylab.bsky.social essay collection on Labour and communitarianism in his response to the anonymous screed being circulated of late amongst Labour MPs
Interesting rebuke of Shabana Mahmood’s comments from @joshsimonsmp.bsky.social, who described the “easy, comfortable” division between “patriot” and “nationalist” as “conceptually weird”, and suggested that he would be happy to call himself a nationalist
September 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Interesting rebuke of Shabana Mahmood’s comments from @joshsimonsmp.bsky.social, who described the “easy, comfortable” division between “patriot” and “nationalist” as “conceptually weird”, and suggested that he would be happy to call himself a nationalist
In my contribution, I try to outline both the insights and pitfalls of communitarian thinking for social democratic politics, while emphasising that (to bastardise Herbert Morrison) communitarianism is what Labour governments do.
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
September 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
In my contribution, I try to outline both the insights and pitfalls of communitarian thinking for social democratic politics, while emphasising that (to bastardise Herbert Morrison) communitarianism is what Labour governments do.
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/s...
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
September 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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