Mythic Nostalgia and Unconscious Middle-Class Guilt Is Driving Labour onto a Dangerous Path

Keir Starmer’s embrace of a ‘Blue Labour’ strategy to serve the ‘real’ working-class and fight off Reform UK perilously ignores how society has fundamentally changed, writes Chris Grey

The dynamics of party politics in Westminster are increasingly dominated by ‘Labour versus Reform UK’, a contest that looks likely to frame the next election.

Nigel Farage claims his party to be the true representative of the working-class, and says he is ‘coming for’ Labour. Keir Starmer has declared Reform to be his Government’s main challenger, and seems to see appealing to ‘Red Wall’ voters with the socially conservative agenda of ‘Blue Labour’ as the means to defeat it.

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