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Blue Labour

Blue Labour proper noun: a political tendency advocating the belief that working-class voters will be won back to Labour through socially conservative ideas on certain issues.

Proper noun

Blue Labour

  1. (UK) A political tendency advocating the belief that working-class voters will be won back to Labour through socially conservative ideas on certain issues.
    • It doesn't take a genius to see that its hostility towards statism, in the context of economic crisis and austerity, could provide useful ideological cover for an assault on welfare. Blue Labour thinking, here, converges seamlessly with Cameron's “big society”.2011 May 21, Ed Rooksby, “Don't underestimate toxic Blue Labour”, in The Guardian

Origin of Blue Labour

Coined by Maurice Glasman in 2009.

Questions about Blue Labour

What does Blue Labour mean?
Blue Labour means a political tendency advocating the belief that working-class voters will be won back to Labour through socially conservative ideas on certain issues.
What part of speech is Blue Labour?
Blue Labour is a proper noun.

Words near Blue Labour in the dictionary

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  9. Blue Lake
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