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David Klemperer
EDITORIAL: Pro-social social democracy
Over the past eighteen months, Renewal’s editorials struck something of a recurring note: under Keir Starmer’s leadership, Labour was shrinking from ideological arguments, and lacked any sense of political direction; the government was sinking into a tepid managerialism, when what was needed was a politics of conviction.1 As I write this editorial today, Labour is heading into its first party conference with Andy Burnham as leader. In stark contrast with his unmourned predecessor, Burnham has b...
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