Review no longer behind a paywall.

Given pressures on public spending and borrowing those £20bn in NI cuts never looked like good economics.

On point review of Liz Truss's Ten Years to Save the West - and particularly good on the contradictions and delusions evident in her world view and on her confusion of ideology with dogma - by Karl Pike in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Check out the fantastic recommendations on our summer reading list. Hope you find something right for you!

Latest piece for the The House magazine. On the ranking of Prime Ministers - I bet you can guess who came bottom...? - and the difficulties of getting MPs to answer surveys. politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…

Was a pleasure to be able to join Ruth Fox and Mark D'Arcy on the Parliament Matters podcast to talk about yesterday’s ballot for private members’ bills.

The new double issue of ⁦Renewal⁩ is now online - free to read pieces include election analysis from ⁦Elizabeth Simon⁩ ⁦and Labour’s economic story from ⁦Kate Alexander-Shaw⁩ journals.lwbooks.co.uk/renewal/vol-32…

The new issue of Renewal is now available to read online. It's a bumper post-election/pre-conference edition renewal.org.uk

Interested in some Labour conference reading? The new issue of Renewal has plenty - including on one of the topics of the moment: expectations for this Labour govt.

How did New Labour's legacy impact #Labour after 2010? And what kind of Labour government is #KeirStarmer leading? On 10 October, Karl Pike will be speaking about his new book, Getting Over New Labour, online for Birkbeck, University of London. Open to all so do join us! bbk.ac.uk/events/event/4…

I wrote quite a personal piece about racism now and racism then. Have a read…. tortoisemedia.com/2024/10/04/ana…

Due to exceptionally high demand, we have released some last-minute tickets for tomorrow's Hennessy Lecture! Secure your place to hear the award-winning journalist and author of #Empireworld, Sathnam Sanghera Sanghera, in conversation with @JerryBrotton⬇️ 🔗qmul.ac.uk/mei/events/mei…

On Labour, public policy ambition and the ‘first 100 days’ analysis: are we not mostly waiting for the budget? renewal.org.uk/waiting-for-th…

📢 join us tomorrow evening to discuss Starmer's Labour and the journey from New Labour to today w/ Karl Pike book for online event: bbk.ac.uk/events/event/4…

The House magazine Latest piece for The House magazine. On one of the most politically active groups of all: billionaires. politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…

Very much enjoyed my conversation with Dan about Getting Over New Labour - and what’s happening with the Labour govt. Available wherever you get your podcasts!

How to sum up the ‘first 100 days’ of Keir Starmer’s Labour government in one sentence? I would go for the following: waiting for the budget. renewal.org.uk/waiting-for-th…

Tomorrow Kim Leadbeater MBE MP will introduce into the House of Commons her private member's bill on assisted dying. PMBs face a precarious route onto the statute book, often vulnerable to objections from small numbers of MPs. So what might we expect on this bill? 🧵

Interesting piece on the Renewal blog.

The Guardian view on Labour and tax: time to change the frame | Editorial theguardian.com/commentisfree/…