Alongside former PM Liz Truss and ex-home secretary Priti Patel, one other title in British politics is about to attend: Labour’s Lord Maurice Glasman. However who’s Lord Glasman, and why has he been invited?
Who’s Lord Maurice Glasman?
Lord Maurice Glasman is a political theorist, social commentator and creator. He joined the Labour Social gathering within the Seventies and is understood for coining the time period ‘Blue Labour’, an opposition to New Labour, which promotes conservative values inside the get together, particularly concerning immigration and crime.
A professional-Brexit determine recognized for his dedication to neighborhood work (significantly amongst working-class communities), Lord Glasman can be recognized for being a senior lecturer in Political Idea at London Metropolitan College.
In 2011, Lord Glasman was launched into the Home of Lords and have become a Labour life peer.
Why is Lord Glasman attending the inauguration?
In response to The Spectator, Lord Glasman is the one determine from the Labour Social gathering to obtain an invite to Inauguration Day from Mr Trump’s workforce.
Talking on Instances Radio final week, Lord Glasman mentioned that “there’s an enormous vitality and a way of virtually resurrection, restoration, you understand they need to make America nice once more” amongst America’s working-class communities as they put together for Mr Trump to turn out to be President once more.
With a career-long deal with the livelihoods of working-class individuals (his argument towards New Labour was that it caters an excessive amount of to the center class), Lord Glasman’s perspective matches that of Vice President-elect JD Vance, which might be a motive why he’s been invited to Donald Trump’s swearing-in ceremony.
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