Harold Wilson was an Anglofuturist in his own way, with his shiny vision of science and socialism designed to create a national revival. The 1964 Labour Manifesto begins with a passage you could easily imagine an Anglofuturist writing were it not for the dated references.
Aeron Laffere
 @aeronlaffere
Nov 4
I'm in the New Statesman today talking about what Anglofuturism means for progressives, the left, and those allergic to nostalgia—and why we can't afford to disagree that Britain needs a brilliant future.

Nov 6, 2025 · 12:01 AM UTC

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You can make - in retrospect - a compelling narrative that British decline actually set in in 1979 with the arrival of full-blown Thatcherism
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The next 13 years were way worse, culminating in the humiliation of an IMF bailout.
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<Impatient to apply the "new thinking" that will end the chaos and sterility> Are the quote marks around "new thinking" ironical? Associating chaos with sterility is as conservative as it gets. Positively Ancient Egyptian.
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Impatient to apply the 'new thinking' ... that is such a funny line
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