{"id":361,"date":"2015-06-15T10:22:58","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T10:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/?p=361"},"modified":"2015-07-02T11:57:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T11:57:56","slug":"election-blues-why-labour-lost-what-it-is-for-and-how-it-can-win-again-250615","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/2015\/06\/15\/election-blues-why-labour-lost-what-it-is-for-and-how-it-can-win-again-250615\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Election Blues: Why Labour lost, what it is for and how it can win again’ – 25\/06\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of Dr Adrian Pabst’s research grant from the Faculty of Social Sciences at the\u00a0University of Kent\u00a0on Blue Labour, there will be a one-day event entitled \u2018Election Blues: Why Labour lost, what it is for and how it can win again\u2019 on Thursday 25 June 2015, Committee Room 2, House of Lords<\/strong>, 11am-6pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"election<\/a><\/p>\n

Among the confirmed speakers are<\/p>\n

Lord Maurice Glasman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jon Cruddas MP<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rowenna Davis (2015 Labour parliamentary candidate, Southampton Itchen)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prof. John Curtice (psephologist and Professor of Politic sat Strathclyde)<\/strong><\/p>\n

James Morris (Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prof. Matthew Goodwin (Kent)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prof. Eric Kaufmann (Birkbeck)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ruth Davis (Political Director, Greenpeace UK)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marcus Roberts (former Deputy Secretary General, The Fabians)<\/strong><\/p>\n

At 11am John Curtice <\/strong>will for the first time present his findings about where Labour lost and who it failed to win over. Then James Morris, who worked as a pollster for the leadership, will talk about how Labour’s defeat came about. This will be followed by a panel debate.<\/p>\n

At 2.15pm Jon Cruddas MP<\/strong> will give an address on what Labour is for its principles and purpose.\u00a0Among the panelists are Prof. Richard Beardsworth (Aberyswyth), Prof. John Milbank (Nottingham) and Marcus Roberts.<\/p>\n

Finally, at 4.15pm Lord Maurice Glasman<\/strong> will be in conversation with other Labour figures about how Labour can win again. There will be panel discussions and questions from the floor.<\/p>\n

We are also inviting other MPs, Peers and journalists to attend the event and participate in the debate.<\/p>\n

Join us for what will be a very exciting event with a great line-up.<\/p>\n

RSVP: A.Pabst@kent.ac.uk<\/a> (for catering purposes)<\/p>\n

Event flyer available to download here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Programme<\/a><\/p>\n

List of panellists<\/a><\/p>\n

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