Sacha Hilhorst is a senior research fellow at Common Wealth and a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Department of Sociology.

July 18, 2024

Analysis

Mansfield is Open for Business

Market rule and Keir Starmer’s Labour Party

In 2017, the town of Mansfield pointed the way for the Conservative Party. The Conservative candidate defeated a longstanding Labour incumbent who had tried, among other things, to sue the Mansfield Town FC supporters’ association. Amid the density of local…