In the blogsResPublica Director Phillip Blond has left. For Washington that is, to speak about Red Toryism at the prestigious
Tocqueville Forum of Georgetown University - and it seems his ideas have already begun to capture the American imagination.
In the mainstream media Patrick J. Deneen, the Director of the Tocqueville Forum
kicked things off with his recount of the Red Tory movement in his
article in the Washington Post. David Brooks of the New York Times, has
discussed Phillip's work in his column, comparing the left/ right revolutions of culture and market in the UK with those of the US and invoking Red Tory solutions to restore trust. The blogging world has been equally active in discussing Red Torysim, Zach Dundas has
analyzed how Phillip Blond could save the Republican Party (his post includes by the way a picture of what a Red Tory army might look like) and Rod Dreher has
drawn attention to Phillip's speaking tour on his blog.
Back in the UK, Matthew Engelke of the LSE has written an excellent account of how Phillip's work relates to the secular arrangement in early twenty-first-century Britain on
The Immanent Frame blog.
Social Enterprise and John SeddonOn TwitterResPublica's role in the Unltd Foundation's fantastic Social Future Event on social enterprise and community entrepreneurship
(hashtag socialfuture) last week was a major trending topic. The
packed-out launch of ResPublica fellow and visionary systems thinker John Seddon's new book at ResPublica remains
a hotly discussed event, with Simon Caulkin's excellent blog,
'On ineptitude in Public Services,' eloquently adding to the conversation.
Phillip's next stop will be Philadelphia, which apparently is also known as the “City of Brotherly Love”. Any more love from our American cousins and we might never get Phillip back…
Kim Mandeng and Asheem Singh