Holly Rigby × James Meadway
Summary
Holly Rigby and James Meadway appear together as co-signatories and in shared political contexts on multiple occasions. In Source 2 (a letter published in The Independent, circa August 2019), both are listed among signatories to a public statement calling for democratic reform, under the banner of the ‘Politics for the Many’ conference in Manchester on 31 August: James Meadway is identified as ‘economist, former adviser to John McDonnell’ and Holly Rigby as ‘Momentum activist’. In Source 1, Holly Rigby provided an endorsement blurb for the book ‘Corbynism from Below’ (Lawrence & Wishart, 2019), of which James Meadway is listed as a contributor. In Source 3 (Novara Media tag page), both appear as contributors to Novara Media content: James Meadway authored ‘The Rest of the World is Having a Trade Deal Party and Brexit Britain Isn’t Invited’, and Holly Rigby appeared in the piece ‘Abolish Eton With Holly Rigby and Aaron Bastani’. In Source 4 (The People’s Assembly), both Holly Rigby and James Meadway are listed among attendees/signatories of left-wing political events and organisations: James Meadway as a founder signatory of The People’s Assembly (described as ‘Senior economist, New Economics Foundation’), and Holly Rigby as an attendee of the July 2019 anti-Boris Johnson rally. Across these sources, the two figures are connected as fellow left-wing activists and commentators sharing platforms, political campaigns, and publications in the UK Labour/Corbynism milieu circa 2013–2019.
Provenance
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