Jonathan Rutherford

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Jonathan Rutherford
Born
Jonathan Andrew Rutherford

(1956-07-13) 13 July 1956 (age 69)
Political party Labour Party
Movement Blue Labour
Academic work
Discipline Cultural studies
Institutions Middlesex University

Jonathan Andrew Rutherford (born 13 July 1956) [1] is an academic who was formerly a Professor of Cultural Studies at Middlesex University. [2] Within English politics, Rutherford is associated with the Blue Labour school of thought within the Labour Party, [3] and has been described as one of its "leading thinkers". [4] He was the editor of Soundings from 2004 to 2012.

Between 2017 and 2020, Rutherford was a member of Labour Together, an organisation which sought to promote unity within the Labour Party and reconnect it with its working-class base. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Rutherford, Jonathan". Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 March 2015. data sheet (Jonathan Andrew Rutherford; b. 13.07.1956)
  2. ↑ "Profile: Jonathan Rutherford". The Guardian . Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Katwala, Sunder (2 July 2011). "So, what is blue Labour?". Next Left. Fabian Society. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Rutherford, Jonathan; Finlayson, Alan (18 July 2011). "What is Blue Labour? An interview with Jonathan Rutherford". openDemocracy (Our Kingdom). Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Holden, Paul (2025), The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney, and the Crisis of British Democracy, OR Books, London, p. 5, ISBN   9781682195987
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