UK Constitutional Law Association

Tag: Blue Labour

  • George Peretz:  The Labour Case for the ECHR

    In a series of posts on this blog, the legal historian Sanjit Nagi has outlined both a history of Labour scepticism about the European Convention of Human Rights (“ECHR”) (and in particular about the role of the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”)) dating back to the Attlee government and a set of theoretical objections…

  • Sanjit Nagi: A Blue Labour Constitutionalism: Rights and Duties 

    Sanjit Nagi: A Blue Labour Constitutionalism: Rights and Duties 

    Over the last three months, there has been a renewed interest in the concept and politics of ‘Blue Labour’—through media coverage, the formation of a Blue Labour parliamentary group, and the growing prominence of Blue Labour’s founder Lord Maurice Glasman. Blue Labour is somewhat amorphous, in that it tries to reconcile various strands of Labour Party tradition. It…