Associate Fellow, SPERI, & Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Sheffield
Will the covid-19 pandemic prompt the EU to take the decisive integrative steps that it failed to take in the context of the Eurozone crisis? Or will this be a crisis too far?
Whatever it does moving forwards, Labour must continue to reject the neoliberalism of the New and the nativism of the Blue.
Whatever the future holds Labour should beware both the New and the Blue.
Robbie Shilliam’s brilliant book highlights the historical importance of race in social and welfare policy in Britain and in so doing makes a crucial and timely intervention into contemporary progressive debate
Harold D. Clarke, Matthew Goodwin and Paul Whiteley’s new book provides a nuanced picture of why people voted as they did in 2016
There are good pragmatic and principled reasons for the Labour Party to reverse its opposition to the free movement of EU citizens
The Commission’s White Paper understates both the depth of the crisis associated with the EU status quo and what needs to be done about it
The Commission’s new White Paper offers some interesting post-Brexit scenarios for ‘the future of Europe’, but realising any of these will be difficult in a context of political divisions among the remaining 27 states
The support in traditional Labour party heartlands for leaving the EU should serve as a wake up call for the British and European left
A number of voices on the British left have in recent months pushed the idea of ‘Lexit’ – a progressive position in favour of Britain leaving the EU. While their critique of the EU has merit, their solution is counterproductive
Two recent events will complicate and shape Spanish politics in the coming year, with broader implications for Europe and its political economy
Growing political turmoil in Greece, Spain and Turkey could be a precursor to a Polanyian ‘great transformation’ away from neoliberalism
The gap between rhetoric and reality with regard to transport investment in the North of England encapsulates all the problems of Northern economic development
The Conservative agenda on pension investments is inherently shallow and increasingly moralistic in tone
Individual investor programmes in Europe raise huge questions about citizenship and borders in a globalising world
As the hardships of life touch more and more sectors of Spanish society, so new forms of resistance are spreading too
Governments have championed ‘entrepreneurs’ as figures capable of reviving stagnant economies and alleviating social problems. But who are they, and are they worth celebrating?