Article published in The London Review of Books, on Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn and Dominic Cummings.
‘How to be Prime Minister’
‘The Political Economy of Pulse’
I have a new paper published in the open access journal, Ephemera, on pulse-rate, wearable technology, real-time data and managerial efforts to ‘govern by rhythm’.
Review of The Twittering Machine
I reviewed Richard Seymour’s The Twittering Machine for the Guardian.
Britain’s ‘asymmetric polarisation’
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.
England’s new rentier alliance
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)
Boris Johnson as PR offensive
Blogpost for PERC, looking at the propaganda and enforced optimism, which are central to the new Conservative Brexit strategy.
‘Green populism?’
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.
‘Reasons to be cheerful’
My piece in London Review of Books, on the Tory leadership contest and the lies that it generates.
‘A fanatical sect has hijacked British politics’
Op-ed published in The New York Times, on the Conservative leadership election.
‘They don’t even need ideas’
Essay on Brexit and the crisis of representative democracy, published in London Review of Books.
‘The funny side of politics’
Article published in openDemocracy on the convergence of comedy and politics.
‘Calm Down Dear’ – how angry should politics get
I too part in this discussion with Fern Riddell, Kehinde Andrews and Jo Ann Nadler at the Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival, recorded at the Sage Gateshead, now available from Radio 3
‘Everything is war and nothing is true’
Op-Ed published in The New York Times, featuring arguments from Nervous States.
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