Tuesday, 16 December 2025

Understanding the rise of the populist far right

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  This is a follow-up to last week’s post. Occasionally I receive comments on social media that point me to academic analysis that I wasn’t ...
Tuesday, 9 December 2025

Labour, a supply side explanation for the rise of populism, and the growing acceptability of xenophobic discourse in the UK

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  I never cease to be amazed at how bad Labour politicians are at politics. It may seem arrogant for an economist to say that, but it’s not ...
Tuesday, 2 December 2025

The Budget suggests the Chancellor is thinking too much about short term management and too little about long term legacy

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  My posts come out on a Tuesday and Budgets are on a Wednesday. Not great timing, which is why in the past I’ve often done special posts on...
Tuesday, 25 November 2025

Expertise, Government, the Media and Covid

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  It is now generally (although not universally) accepted that those of us who campaigned vigorously against the government’s auster...
Tuesday, 18 November 2025

Blue Labour’s Electoral Fallacies

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  The government’s latest proposed revamp of asylum laws reminds us that Labour have not abandoned their approach of using right wing popul...
Tuesday, 11 November 2025

Labour’s Brexit stance is as untenable as their tax pledge

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  In my last post about the prospect of Labour breaking its tax pledge, I did something I don’t often do, which is indulge in some ‘I told y...