Delighted the festschrift for Lord Plant has been published online: The Idea of the Good Society: Essays in Honour of Raymond Plant academic.oup.com/book/60069

Great to work on another book on a Labour thinker with Kevin Hickson (Liverpool) and to celebrate the immense contribution of the life, philosophy and work of our old tutor and friend.

Wonderful to contribute a chapter in this tribute to Lord Raymond Plant. Other contributors include former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Lord Roy Hattersley: academic.oup.com/book/60069/cha…

Kevin Hickson James Heale The John Smith book launch was the main highlight of the evening indeed Kevin.👏👏👏

Kevin Hickson Gordon Brown Thom Brooks Lord Norton of Louth john milbank fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/ac…

'Making a Success of Lexit: How Labour Can Use Brexit to Revive the British Economy' I'm pleased to share the programme for my conference on 23rd June. Very excited about the speakers -- politicians, academics, trade unionists, political advisers DM me if you want to register

Babe wake up, new Electoral Calculus just dropped:

If Nigel Farage MP wants to cut local authority waste he could start with the multi-million pound car park in Crewe which is losing tens of thousands a year standing almost empty. No waste Cheshire East Council ?

Delighted to receive the copies of my latest book today edited with my friend Matt Beech Centre for British Politics and dedicated to our PhD supervisor

Thank you to all who attended my conference today. 'Making a Success of Lexit: How Labour Can Use Brexit to Revive the British Economy' Wonderful set of papers exploring policy & political possibilities open to the government following Brexit, many of which remain underutilised

Matt Beech and Kevin Hickson's book, The Idea of the Good Society: Essays in Honour of Raymond Plant (OUP, 2025) launched in the Lords in the company of parliamentarians, scholars and students. Lord Norton of Louth University of Hull Labour History Group

Which is your favourite county in Great Britain - and why? 🤔

I’m proud that the NHS has always been open to international talent, but the truth is that we’ve become over-reliant - including on countries with severe shortages of healthcare staff. We’ll going to do more to grow our own and retain on talent 👇🏻

Just received my copy of 'The Idea of the Good Society'. with my chapter on the Plant Report...