adrian pabst from the outset situates blue labour in opposition to the wider framework of social and economic liberalisation, and the categories of secular left and reactionary right, that have characterised the postwar settlement in british politics. continuity is instead claimed to be found with the british romantic tradition embodied by william morris, with its "emphasis on the creativity of human labour, on the intrinsic importance of vocation and on the need to nurture virtuous action". pabst proclaims the timeless values of the common good, participation, association, individual virtue and public honour as comprising blue labour's core beliefs.