Fabian Society

noun

1. a socialist organization founded in England in 1884, favoring the gradual spread of socialism by peaceful means.

Fabian Society

noun

1. an association of British socialists advocating the establishment of democratic socialism by gradual reforms within the law: founded in 1884

Example Sentences

A member of the audience at the Fabian Society event urged Lord Timpson to consider community sentences as a “direct alternative” to imprisoning offenders.

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Labour won just two of the 124 most rural constituencies in Great Britain at the last election, according to research by the left-leaning Fabian Society think tank.

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Ten minutes into his address at the Fabian Society conference on foreign policy in London, a woman climbed on stage carrying a Palestinian flag.

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But the Fabian Society report suggests a care cap should simply be "considered" as an option by Labour, with reform of means-testing as another possibility.

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In the speech, hosted by the Fabian Society, Mr Sarwar said the SNP and Tories had "stoked up bitterness, division and anger and created a politics of us versus them".

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