When Boldness is Safer than Caution
Why excessive timidity risks handing the keys to the far-right The far-right want to take power in the UK, and to do that they will need to get most of […]
How the Far-Right Could React to Andy Burnham
How the far-right will seek to undermine a Burnham government, and how he should tackle the threat From the perspective of the far-right, any progressive government is a disaster: even […]
Two Visions of 2029
In the wake of the Makerfield by-election, there is now a real chance that Labour will change leader. And in turn, this opens the possibility of a much-needed change in […]
Schrödinger’s Economy
We are asked to believe both that the UK has too little money and too much. They can’t both be true. We are facing a cost-of-living crisis, the economy […]
Defending UK Democracy
Why we need urgent action to safeguard our democracy This is an approximate transcript of the meeting in Parliament on 27 April 2026 chaired by Richard Quigley MP on the […]
Tackling Inflation Progressively
Why we need a different approach to handling oil price shocks In February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. By May of that year, oil prices had spiked sharply to well over $100 […]
Healthcare Privatisation — Should We Care?
Why we should be concerned about the Nature, Extent and Impact of Healthcare Privatisation in the UK This is an approximate transcript of the meeting in Parliament on 24 February […]
Rewiring the State for National Success
This is an approximate transcript of the second meeting of the Progressive Economics Working Group, held in Parliament on 10 February 2026 to launch a new report on Rewiring for […]
Time to Defend Democracy
Why we need urgent action to protect our democracy and our social contract European democracy is at risk from hostile actors. In the UK, if we do not act, we […]
Extreme wealth vs the 99%
How a small number of the extremely wealthy have declared class war on the rest of us, and what we must do to stop them In almost every country, 2025 […]