"Blue Labour" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Coined by Maurice Glasman in 2009. Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Maurice Glasman|in=2009|nocat=1|w=Maurice Glasman, Baron Glasman}} Coined by Maurice Glasman in 2009 Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Blue Labour}} Blue Labour
  1. (UK politics) A political tendency advocating the belief that working-class voters will be won back to Labour through socially conservative ideas on certain issues. Wikipedia link: Blue Labour Tags: UK Categories (topical): UK politics
    Sense id: en-Blue_Labour-en-name-uGRgkbJu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: government, politics

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