The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CHARTISM
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CHARTISM
- Talk about King — is male in reform movement?
- Reform movement has endless magnetism – time to get stuck in
- Reform movement has endless sort of magnetism — time to get stuck in
- Appeal put around to have meeting about campaign for social reform
- Glamour surrounds revolutionary model’s movement popular with workers
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The straight part
We know that "movement popular with workers" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case movement popular with workers = chartism.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CHARTISM mean?
CHARTISM noun- The practices and methodologies of chartists.