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Why the Labour Party should reclaim individualism

Labour must redefine individualism in a way that differs from neoliberalism if it is to win over both middle- and working-class voters.

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Philip Snowden, the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer

Philip Snowden. United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs. Some rights reserved.

Labour’s crushing defeat in the general election has predictably led to renewed debate over the party’s direction. Should it make a stronger effort to appeal to aspirational middle-class voters, as it successfully did under Tony Blair? Or should it strive to reconnect with its former core constituency, as Jon Cruddas and Maurice Glasman among others have suggested?