Conservative Fantasies of ‘the Market’
The UK Chancellor recently confessed that the market is not working in terms of fairness tests. Yet he continues to idealise ‘textbook’ market institutions
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The next Brexit
The path to ‘soft Brexit’ has now been firmly established. But the real disjuncture between the UK and the EU […]
Budget 2017: Facilitating Homeownership to build political support
The recent Budget showed the Conservatives following Thatcher’s example of facilitating homeownership as a means to build political support The […]
The strange still-birth of ‘Milimayism’
Britain just can’t generate the politics with which to build the new reformist consensus its political economy so badly needs […]
Has the salience of ‘saving’ in British political discourse declined?
The practice of saving has been complexified, but the concept has until recently retained discursive significance as part of an […]
Why the Conservatives struggle with empathy
The ‘nasty party’ tag will stick until the Conservatives reject making moral judgements about poorer members of society Emotional intelligence […]
Liberalisation of the Water Industry: What next for consumer and environmental protection?
From April 1st companies in the UK can choose to switch their water provider; a domestic roll-out for households seems […]
The real ‘new politics’ of post-crisis Britain: Part I
The Conservatives understand – and exploit – the electorate’s concerns about ‘place’ As I argue in my forthcoming book Austerity […]
Corbyn and the Labour Party – taking the longer view?
Historic polling comparisons highlight the party’s challenges ahead of 2020 The last few months have seen the Labour Party seemingly […]
Organising metaphors and austerity: what the left can learn
Progressives need to think differently about political narrative to shape the political agenda to their advantage Arguably one of the […]