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Jonathan Rutherford

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

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Jonathan Rutherford
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Jonathan Andrew Rutherford

(1956-07-13) 13 July 1956
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Labour Party
MovementBlue Labour
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DisciplineCultural studies
InstitutionsMiddlesex 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

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  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