Quite funny to have a writer apparently well-versed in the history of early C20 socialist print culture taking aim at the "lanyard class" who "know what IPPR stands for". Self-hatred really isn't a useful guide to political strategy.
unherd.com/2025/10/brit...

That cake up close:

Pleasure to have contributed to this very interesting feature on the meaning of social democracy, ft. @renewaljournal.bsky.social editors past and present.
renewal.org.uk/blog/renewal...

That was an *extremely* long time coming

Nice record store day purchase (was more restrained than @yeowell.bsky.social )

Good of @georgeeaton.bsky.social to include my piece for the new Renewal, on the ideological imagination of Starmer's Labour, in today's NS Morning Call. Read for free here:
journals.lwbooks.co.uk/renewal/vol-...

Good stuff.
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