Sociologist & class reductionist. Writing on politics & class for The Guardian, New Statesman, Tribune, Jacobin, Unherd, etc. Next book is on Reform. Views mine
Happy to have agreed to write a new book with @VersoBooks. My very talented mate Vlad Bortun & I will be writing an analysis of @reformparty_uk as a political movement. We’ll explore their social base, funders, rhetoric, policies & lots more. Due in late 2027
@davidnicholson2@Joe___Allen Not been following it closely but can’t see how they can realistically give that much of the supp budget to ALN, the whole aln system is a money pit that needs reforming and is totally unsustainable (bit like social care), that’s just my opinion tho
@ClwydEnComu for ages England was getting perks like this while Wales didn’t, yet obv few in public sphere would break with the radical narrative to point it out as it would undermine Devo itself. The potential good thing here is plaid may get into an arms race with burnham re. Good policies
@ian_guthri20567 Don’t disturb the military industrial complex & our role as equerry to the increasingly deranged yanks and we might just save the high street! That’s why we need groups like stop the war more than ever
I’m giving thousands of pubs, clubs and music venues a 20% cut in business rates.
I won’t stand by while these cherished local spaces disappear, replaced by boarded-up windows and ‘For Sale’ signs.
They’re the heart of our communities and it’s time we backed them.
Once upon a time, this was how I commuted to work, for early morning meetings with the Taliban.
Now I just get the Northern Line (and someone from the Taliban is usually on it).