John Denham
@JYDenham
Professor, Labour MP ('92-'15) and minister, Centre for English Identity and Politics, and Southern Policy Centre. Blog at http://www.theoptimisticpatriot.co.uk
Website of the Centre for English Identity and Politics has videos of seminars, speaker transcripts, blogs and more southampton.ac.uk/ceip/
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Beyond Division: ‘Multicultural Nationalism’ and the White Working-Class – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/07/18/bey… Blog based on article with Sam Hill and @JYDenham which I believe may be the first to think about the white working class within a multiculturalist framework
Entirely agree. Refusal to introduce ID cards baffling. Britain in a deep sense is ungoverned.
The weird shadow of the mid-2000s debate on ID cards never ceases to amaze. With the need for reliable digital identification and the need to clamp down on the informal labour market, the case has never been stronger.
.@jesstud and @JYDenham share a statement on the Deputy Prime Minister’s speech at the Local Government Conference 2025 👉 newlocal.org.uk/articles/new-l…
Not saying ‘island of strangers’ is a start. But if Blue Labour was wrong, how should Labour and others engage with white working class voters? with @TariqModood Sam Hill 🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…
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Keir Starmer says he regrets saying ‘Island of Strangers’. There is a better way to give a voice to white working class voters. New, with Sam Taylor Hill and @TariqModood. @po_qu …ea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…
Keir Starmer says he regrets saying ‘Island of Strangers’. There is a better way to give a voice to white working class voters. New, with Sam Taylor Hill and @TariqModood. @po_qu …ea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…
Starmer has just said in The Oberver that he regrets saying 'Island of Strangers'. There is indeed a multiculturalist way to give a voice to white working class voters' , as per below by Sam Hill, @JYDenham and me: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14… @kenanmalik @thefabians @sundersays
"Labour is too close to endorsing Reform UK's story of the nation" - John Denham
Wonderful to hear Director of the Centre for English Identity John Denham speaking on how to get a radical, mission-led government. #RadicalRenewal
Wonderful to hear Director of the Centre for English Identity John Denham speaking on how to get a radical, mission-led government. #RadicalRenewal
“Total Place 2.0 is surely a no-brainer.” @JYDenham & @jesstud make the case for this “over ready” policy that would lay the groundwork for a deep shift in how public investment secures better outcomes. newlocal.org.uk/articles/five-…
“There is one policy option open to the Government which would lay the groundwork for a deep shift in how public investment secures better outcomes” @JYDenham & @jesstud set out 5 reasons the Government should launch Total Place 2.0. newlocal.org.uk/articles/five-…
Join us at #StrongerThings on 3 June to hear @JYDenham's take on how devolution can bring power back to local areas and unlock place-based working for impact. Tickets 👉 newlocal.org.uk/st25-online/