The LRB has published a round-table of contributions on the current crisis of British politics. I’ve focused on the worrying degree to which the radical right has now pulled away from the rest of the political spectrum, turning against compromise, parliament and Whitehall.
Blogpost looking at how ‘no deal’ Brexit is driven by a coalition of asset-owners, without any interest in production or the future. (Reposted at The New Statesman)
Blogpost for PERC, looking at the propaganda and enforced optimism, which are central to the new Conservative Brexit strategy.
Over the past three years, I’ve been editor of a series of essays on the topic of sustainable prosperity, published by CUSP (where I’m a Co-Investigator). The final one is by me, entitled Green Populism?: Action and Mortality in the Anthropocene.
My piece in London Review of Books, on the Tory leadership contest and the lies that it generates.
Op-ed published in The New York Times, on the Conservative leadership election.
Essay on Brexit and the crisis of representative democracy, published in London Review of Books.
Article published in openDemocracy on the convergence of comedy and politics.
Op-Ed published in The New York Times, featuring arguments from Nervous States.
Article published in the London Review of Books, looking at the political crisis of Brexit, following the government defeat on 15th January.
Long Read on populism and the crisis of trust, published in The Guardian. An audio version of this article is also available.
This piece was given as the Annual Lecture at the Queen Mary Center for the History of Emotions.
National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy by Roger Eatwell & Matthew Goodwin reviewed in The Guardian.
