Maurice Glasman is a Labour life peer and the founder of Blue Labour, a faction promoting "small-c conservative" socialism. [1] He has emerged as a key bridge between Labour and the Trump/Farage axis.
Founded in 2009, Blue Labour is defined as:
"A deeply conservative socialism that places family, faith and work at the heart of a new politics" [1:1]
The ideology is explicitly anti-trans, with Glasman stating one of his "political missions" is:
"to reclaim the rainbow from the ownership of transsexuals." [2]
Glasman co-founded Labour Together, the anti-Corbyn organisation that later delivered Keir Starmer's leadership: [3]
Only Labour figure invited to Trump's second inauguration. [4]
Met with:
Accepted gift: Handmade cowboy boots from Trump team. [4:5]
December 2024 Postliberalism Conference:
"Kamala is for they/them, President Trump is for you. That's all you really need to know about the American election." [5]
After Trump's 2024 victory:
"The only place to build a house now is on the left side of MAGA square" [6]
He understands this as the Steve Bannon faction. [7]
Critics Morgan Jones and David Klemperer (Renewal magazine):
"By choosing to align with the MAGA movement, Glasman sided with forces which threaten social democracy, and which today represent its primary antagonist." [8]
2025: Gave Annual Address of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (climate denial think tank). [9]
Planning weekly show: "Blue Labour versus Reform" — debating Nigel Farage. [4:6]
Columnist for:
Blue Labour (Glasman)
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Labour Together (anti-Corbyn, pro-Starmer)
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Spiked network (Claire Fox)
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Policy Exchange (conservative think tank)
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Trump/Bannon/Farage axis
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GB News (direct platform)
Wikipedia: Maurice Glasman — citation 46 — Postliberalism Conference, Dec 2024 ↩︎
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Wikipedia: Maurice Glasman — citation 45 — Postliberalism Conference ↩︎
Wikipedia: Maurice Glasman — citation 49 — Renewal magazine ↩︎
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