John Denham @JYDenham
Professor, Labour MP ('92-'15) and minister, Centre for English Identity and Politics, and Southern Policy Centre. Blog at https://t.co/6pZMLknIEl theoptimisticpatriot.co.uk Winchester Joined February 2009-
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It’s my controversial view that we’d revitalise local democracy by devolving *more* power & fiscal responsibility to councils. The “downward drift” of local election turnout correlates with tightening grip of Whitehall over the decades. (@TheEconomist economist.com/britain/2024/0…)
A fitting tribute to David Marquand would be if everyone who mourns him engaged with his understanding of England:
@rcolvile @UKandEU Hmm. I co wrote the census piece cited above and while I agree that the census switching response options is both odd and unhelpful I don't think John or I would then argue England, English national id or Englishness is unimportant @JYDenham @RWynJones Not least bc this:
When Southampton was championing St George's Day as a progressive festival ( 2012) Seems to have caught on ! @LabourSatvir Respect @JYDenham
For me patriotism is about more than symbols and sentiment; it’s a driving value. My mission-driven government will make sure opportunity is determined by talent and ambition, not geography or background.
Common misconception that, for English identity to matter, it had to be distinct from British identity. Those who prioritised their English identity, and who led support for UKIP, the Tories, Brexit and Johnson were, in the vast majority, strongly British too.
Common misconception that, for English identity to matter, it had to be distinct from British identity. Those who prioritised their English identity, and who led support for UKIP, the Tories, Brexit and Johnson were, in the vast majority, strongly British too.
🏴 Happy St George's Day! 🏴 What are your favourite memories of watching England? 👇 #EnglandCricket | #StGeorgesDay
Happy St George’s Day Everyone!! ❤️🤍❤️🤍
On behalf of the Labour Party, I wish everyone a happy St George’s Day. Let us be proud of our national identity, confident on the world stage, and sure of our country’s future.
This is great, but also important is to show diverse Englishness in all walks of life outside sport. One reason ethnic minorities are less likely to identify as English may be that they are so rarely shown as English if there is no ball involved. @sundersays
This is great, but also important is to show diverse Englishness in all walks of life outside sport. One reason ethnic minorities are less likely to identify as English may be that they are so rarely shown as English if there is no ball involved. @sundersays
As a sceptic about English nationalism I have no dog in this fight. But good prompt to remind people about the flaws in the 2022 census ukandeu.ac.uk/census-2021-ar…
As a sceptic about English nationalism I have no dog in this fight. But good prompt to remind people about the flaws in the 2022 census ukandeu.ac.uk/census-2021-ar…
Labour’s welcome engagement with England is not just about patriotism. England own policies on education, health, care, transport and any many other issues. Talking about England should, literally, be talking about the nation Labour wants to build. telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/2…
Guardian should write "could alienate some progressive voters" rather than "could alienate ethnic minorities" when repeating this point in its reporting. Research does suggest white liberal strongly remain voters are now more averse than ethnic minorities theguardian.com/politics/2024/…
NEW: "To be proudly English means to be proudly ourselves, to hold firm to our convictions, speak our mind & be civil when others speak theirs. Labour is the patriotic party now. We'll celebrate St George’s Day with enthusiasm" @Keir_Starmer in @Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/2…
More on that 2021 research from British Future + the Centre for English identity and politics. The conclusion @JYDenham myself and others have drawn is that it is important to do more to express & normalise that civic Englishness beyond sporting occasions britishfuture.org/english-identi…
Russia is Europe's most right-wing authoritarian regime, annexing & destroying Europe's poorest country. But NOT ONE SPEAKER, NOT ONE PANEL at this event. This is a festival of narcisistic self congratulation, distracting the European left. Today's NO PASARAN fight is in Ukraine
Russia is Europe's most right-wing authoritarian regime, annexing & destroying Europe's poorest country. But NOT ONE SPEAKER, NOT ONE PANEL at this event. This is a festival of narcisistic self congratulation, distracting the European left. Today's NO PASARAN fight is in Ukraine https://t.co/F3tUU44ILR
While political attention is elsewhere, a radical little programme of work has slipped out largely under the radar by @luhc, with quite big implications for how the centre might shift towards place-based working. A 🧵 on Partnerships for People & Place… gov.uk/government/pub…
I hope friends and colleagues in @UKLabour will read this by @CarolineLucas. If a radical liberal Green can write about England sympathetically and with insight and progressive values then so, surely, can we.
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11K Followers 445 Following Spare account for @samfr in case it gets hacked again.@rcolvile @ailsa_henderson @UKandEU @JYDenham @RWynJones Personally, I think most English people are Anglo-centric British nationalists rather than [explicit] English nationalists, and fluid in their English and British identities. I suspect that so-called 'English nationalism' that never roared, did roar, it just did so holding a 🇬🇧
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@JYDenham Marquand was quite fearsome, intellectually. He once fired a broadside across my bows accusing me of being entirely mean-spirited and reactionary in my demands for an English parliament. It wasn't entirely fair but it was a bit of a learning moment.
@rcolvile @UKandEU Hmm. I co wrote the census piece cited above and while I agree that the census switching response options is both odd and unhelpful I don't think John or I would then argue England, English national id or Englishness is unimportant @JYDenham @RWynJones Not least bc this:
When Southampton was championing St George's Day as a progressive festival ( 2012) Seems to have caught on ! @LabourSatvir Respect @JYDenham
For me patriotism is about more than symbols and sentiment; it’s a driving value. My mission-driven government will make sure opportunity is determined by talent and ambition, not geography or background.
🏴 Happy St George's Day! 🏴 What are your favourite memories of watching England? 👇 #EnglandCricket | #StGeorgesDay
Happy St George’s Day Everyone!! ❤️🤍❤️🤍
On behalf of the Labour Party, I wish everyone a happy St George’s Day. Let us be proud of our national identity, confident on the world stage, and sure of our country’s future.
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Guardian should write "could alienate some progressive voters" rather than "could alienate ethnic minorities" when repeating this point in its reporting. Research does suggest white liberal strongly remain voters are now more averse than ethnic minorities theguardian.com/politics/2024/…
NEW: "To be proudly English means to be proudly ourselves, to hold firm to our convictions, speak our mind & be civil when others speak theirs. Labour is the patriotic party now. We'll celebrate St George’s Day with enthusiasm" @Keir_Starmer in @Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/2…
More on that 2021 research from British Future + the Centre for English identity and politics. The conclusion @JYDenham myself and others have drawn is that it is important to do more to express & normalise that civic Englishness beyond sporting occasions britishfuture.org/english-identi…
Russia is Europe's most right-wing authoritarian regime, annexing & destroying Europe's poorest country. But NOT ONE SPEAKER, NOT ONE PANEL at this event. This is a festival of narcisistic self congratulation, distracting the European left. Today's NO PASARAN fight is in Ukraine
Ready for the 'NO PASARAN: Defeating the Far Right, Building the Alternative' international conference in Lisbon, co-organised by @europeanleft, @BlocoDeEsquerda and @transform_ntwrk The event tomorrow will be livestreamed All information 👇 european-left.org/no-pasaran/
While political attention is elsewhere, a radical little programme of work has slipped out largely under the radar by @luhc, with quite big implications for how the centre might shift towards place-based working. A 🧵 on Partnerships for People & Place… gov.uk/government/pub…
I hope friends and colleagues in @UKLabour will read this by @CarolineLucas. If a radical liberal Green can write about England sympathetically and with insight and progressive values then so, surely, can we.
Æthelred the Unready demanding his elderly archbishop of Canterbury finds another £5,000 of Danegeld to pay off 'some bad people' because it's a matter of 'life and death'.
When I read that Henry II took on the count of Sancerre, the duke of Burgundy and the countess of Champagne, I can't dispell the notion that the latter most probably lost the struggle because they were all rather squiffy.
Here's the previous Bishop (Crispian) , dear +Colin James of Winton + a then new MP @JYDenham delivering our 1000th Sunday Meals on Wheels to disanled elder local resident 1992
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