Michael Shanks (politician)
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Michael Graeme Shanks is a Scottish Labour Party politician and former teacher who has served as the Member of Parliament for Rutherglen, previously Rutherglen and Hamilton West, since 2023. He has se
Official portrait, 2026
Fabian Society
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The Fabian Society is a British socialist organisation whose purpose is to advance the principles of social democracy and democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist effort in democracies, rathe
Michael Shanks (politician)
…citing Brexit and antisemitism in the party during Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, but rejoined when Keir Starmer became leader. He is a member of the Fabian Society. Having moved to Rutherglen from western Glasgow a year earlier, Shanks was selected to contest the Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency in May…
The Fabian Society was named after "Fabius the Delayer" at the suggestion of Frank Podmore (above)
Blue plaque at 17 Osnaburgh St, where the Society was founded in 1884
Nigerian Fabian Society, 1944.