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Tag Archives: politics
Theses on the 2019 General Election
Here is my attempt to cast some light on the General Election defeat. I’ve written it as a set of “theses” to try and make the fairly complex argument concise. I haven’t covered everything and some of this has already … Continue reading
Things I’ve written lately, mostly elsewhere.
I’m rather aware that I’ve been neglecting this blog lately. It’s not because I’ve been inactive, the opposite, in fact. So here is a list of the most important things I’ve written over the last year and a bit. “Properly” … Continue reading
Could Labour implement a post-growth economy?
Here is the full version of the article published, in rather truncated form today, on Left Foot Forward. I will be posting a fully referenced extended version in the near future. pdf version of the full text Could Labour implement … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, ecology, economics, ideology
Tagged climate change, degrowth, ecology, economic growth, Labour Party, politics, steady state economics
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Brief notes on Catalonia
Having friends in Barcelona and liking the city and region, as well as Spain in general, the situation in Catalonia causes me a lot of concern. A lot of the commentary here oversimplifies the situation with some on the left, … Continue reading
Jeremy Corbyn, Prime Minister. What could go wrong?
How things change! Within the space of a few weeks, there is now a real possibility of a Labour government with a left wing leadership. That is the result of the snap UK General Election that resulted, not in the … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged climate change, degrowth, Labour Party, politics, steady state economics
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The General Election in Greater Manchester: what do the results mean?
What happened in Greater Manchester on June 8th? Here is a map showing the swings in Greater Manchester’s parliamentary seats. Red figures indicate a Labour victory while Blue figures indicate a Conservative was elected. Positive figures mean a swing from … Continue reading
Posted in Manchester, politics
Tagged GE2017, Labour Party, Manchester, politics, UK General Election
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Fixing the roof when the sun shines
Hello is that Mr Osborne? Well, you know that roof you fixed the other summer? It’s begun to leak again. Could you come round to sort it out? You don’t work there any more? Firm taken over? Oh. Could you … Continue reading
Platitudes, positions, policies and principles.
Platitudes, positions, policies and principles: what can we learn from Gorton’s selection meeting? I attended the selection meeting for the Labour Party’s Gorton by-election last week. There were five candidates, a short-list selected by a 5-person national Labour party panel. … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged climate change, economy, Labour Party, Manchester, NHS, politics, social policy, socialism
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Labour’s post-Brexit woes and a possible solution
Updated, 30 June, 2016 It turns out that the party’s rules make my suggestion unfeasible in its present form: the leader of the party is ex officio the leader of the PLP (Chapter 1 clause vii). However, there appears to … Continue reading
Policy as contestation
Every year the University of Manchester puts on a week of lectures, symposia and other events concerned with the relationship between research and policy: “Policy Week”. Generally there is plenty to interest. I was lucky enough to be asked to … Continue reading
Posted in Manchester, policy, politics
Tagged contestation, Manchester, policy, Policy Week, politics, social movements, social policy
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