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Jonathan Rutherford

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Jonathan Rutherford is editor of Soundings journal and professor of cultural studies at Middlesex University

December 2017

  • EU and UK flags

    double quotation markShould the UK left be optimistic about our future outside the EU?

    Alison McGovern and Jonathan Rutherford
    Did membership of the EU help British people find work or undermine our political system? Two people from opposite sides of the Brexit divide discuss

November 2011

  • single mother with baby

    double quotation markThis punishing welfare plan may be a bridge too far for the government

    Jonathan Rutherford
    Jonathan Rutherford: Yes the public are angry with benefit cheats, but they may object to harrying the low paid into earning more

August 2011

  • Factory Gates

    double quotation markLabour has to find new ways of speaking to men

    Jonathan Rutherford
    Jonathan Rutherford: The Labour party has a proud tradition of masculine solidarity, but must now help create a new settlement between the sexes

July 2011

  • EDL rally Luton

    double quotation markLabour must fashion a new patriotism

    Jon Cruddas and Jonathan Rutherford
    Jon Cruddas and Jonathan Rutherford: To regain power, Labour needs to engage with people's fears over immigration and seize the politics of identity from the right

June 2011

  • Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks with resident Gillian Duffy

    double quotation markLabour shares the blame for mental illness tragedy

    Jon Cruddas and Jonathan Rutherford
    Jon Cruddas and Jonathan Rutherford: Cuts are hurting mentally ill people, but Labour's failure to distinguish between the unemployed and the sick played a part

September 2010

  • New Political Economy
    double quotation markBritain's economy is broken. This is how to start fixing it

    Jonathan Rutherford and Aditya Chakrabortty

    Jonathan Rutherford and Aditya Chakrabortty: As homes and jobs turn into sources of insecurity, Labour has to develop a distinct alternative vision of the good, fair society

February 2010

  • double quotation markMargaret Thatcher's toxic legacy

    Jon Cruddas and Jonathan Rutherford
    Jon Cruddas and Jonathan Rutherford: David Cameron's rhetoric on social justice is worthless given that it was his party which broke our economy

October 2009

  • double quotation markTime for a windfall tax on bonuses

    Jon Cruddas and Jonathan Rutherford

  • double quotation markA new look at welfare

    Jonathan Rutherford

June 2009

  • double quotation markThe welfare reform bill's hour of need

    Jonathan Rutherford
    Jonathan Rutherford: This bill fails people with mental illness. We urgently need an amendment to protect the vulnerable

March 2009

  • double quotation markA call for a new socialism

    Jon Cruddas and Jonathan Rutherford

    Jonathan Rutherford and Jon Cruddas: Rowan Williams is right to be concerned, but by building a fairer political community can we develop a just economy

December 2008

  • double quotation markRebalancing the books

    Jon Cruddas and Jonathan Rutherford

    Jon Cruddas and Jonathan Rutherford: The government's bank bailout scheme is not working – it's time for society to reassert itself over the market economy

November 2008

  • double quotation markGet on your bike, again

    Jonathan Rutherford

  • Who owns the progressive future?
    double quotation markForward not back

    Jonathan Rutherford

October 2008

  • Who owns the progressive future?
    double quotation markDemocratic crunch

    Jon Cruddas and Jonathan Rutherford

    Jon Cruddas and Jonathan Rutherford: After the nadir of Corfu, New Labour must build a new politics, and housing is on the front line

  • Who owns the progressive future?
    double quotation markBig Bang's trail of destruction

    Jonathan Rutherford

    Jonathan Rutherford: After New Labour: The financial deregulation of the 1980s was a Conservative idea that Labour embraced – with disastrous consequences

  • Who owns the progressive future?
    double quotation markWho's the man with the plan now?

    Jonathan Rutherford

    Jonathan Rutherford: With the disintegration of the markets comes the end of neoliberalism and a new kind of politics is needed

September 2008

  • Who owns the progressive future?
    double quotation markWho owns progress, wins

    Jonathan Rutherford

    Jonathan Rutherford: A struggle between left and right over the meaning of 'progressive' politics is taking place. It's a fight Labour must win

August 2008

  • double quotation markThe politics of relationships

    Jonathan Rutherford

    Jonathan Rutherford: The new Conservatives say that there is such a thing as society, after all. But are they prepared to stump up the cash for it?

July 2008

  • double quotation markLosing the war on poverty

    Jonathan Rutherford

    Jonathan Rutherford: Despite the rhetoric, both Labour and the Conservatives have abandoned the less-privileged and created an 'underclass'

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