If You Were Chancellor…
Now is your chance to see if you would deliver national renewal The Budget is due on November 26. Like all Budgets it will enable the Treasury to set the […]
Fiscal Rules vs Economic Renewal
Inaugural meeting of the Working Group on Progressive Economics The expert panel with three of the MPs This is an approximate transcript of the inaugural meeting in Parliament on 20 […]
Defensive Constitutional Reform
Why we need to act quickly to preserve our democracy and safeguard our social contract This is an approximate transcript of a speech given by Mark E Thomas […]
UK Politics: It’s Time for a New Lens
We tend to look at politics through the lens of a battle between parties – in particular, given our system, as a battle between the Conservatives (who usually win) and […]
Pre-Budget Discussion on National Renewal
On Tuesday 8 October, we ran an event in Parliament to help MPs to get to grips, before the Budget, with what it will take to deliver national renewal and […]
Stopping the Riots
This picture, from 7 August 2024, shows a small group of anti-immigrant ‘protesters’ on the far right, inside the police cordon, and a far larger group of anti-racist demonstrators in […]
Still Invulnerable?
Yesterday, faced with the humiliation of a damning report by the House of Commons Privileges Committee, due to be published shortly, Boris Johnson resigned as an MP. For him personally, […]
From Nasty to Nat-Con?
This article looks at how far and how fast the Conservative Party has shifted to the extreme right, and what we can do about it: Leading Conservative Party members […]
Reflections on 2022
As we rapidly approach Christmas, instead of the normal letter, I thought I would share some personal reflections on the past year. For most people, and for the UK economy, […]
How the Light Gets In
After 12 years of Conservative government, the UK faces serious and rapidly growing problems on multiple fronts: 1) economically, 2) in terms of the financial, physical and mental health […]