Maurice Glasman, Baron Glasman

Maurice Glasman, Baron Glasman is a British political theorist, academic, and life peer in the House of Lords. A senior lecturer in Political Theory at London Metropolitan University, he is best known as the founder of the 'Blue Labour' movement, which advocates for a socially conservative form of socialism rooted in family, faith, and community values. Since his appointment to the House of Lords in 2011, he has been a prominent and often controversial voice within the Labour Party, frequently critiquing progressive orthodoxy and emphasizing the importance of vocational education and industrial revival. His political philosophy draws heavily from thinkers such as Karl Polanyi and Edmund Burke, and he has maintained a long-standing interest in the intersection of citizenship, faith, and the limits of the market economy.