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Lord Glasman: getting rid of lanyards is the key success of Brexit

In Uncategorized on August 24, 2025 by kmflett

Lord Glasman: getting rid of lanyards is the key success of Brexit

When I mention the words Lord (Maurice) Glasman to Labour Party members, let alone wider audiences, the invariable reaction is ‘who?’

Glasman, the co-founder of Blue Labour- has a higher opinion of himself than others it would seem.

Glasman who was critical of New Labour twenty years ago (far too liberal) is now busy urging Starmer to move right. It’s likely he has some influence on Morgan McSweeney.

It being the peak of the August silly season Glasman can be found writing in the Sunday Times (24th August). A lot of his column is about getting rid of the ECHR, lawyers generally etc. You would be hard pressed to put one of Farage’s fag papers between Glasman’s views and those of the owner of Reform UK.

However at one point Glasman diverts to one of his favourite subjects, lanyards

I attended a MAGA rally during President  Trump’s second inauguration and I witnessed people throwing their lanyards in the bin and declaiming, ‘Free, Free at last, thank God Almighty I’m free at last’ to great applause from those around them. What began with Brexit was finalised with Trump’s 2024 Election’

While reality is but a distant vista for Lord Glasman it still exists. Brexit was a failure and lanyards are still with us.

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