I’ve reviewed Anton Jäger’s Hyperpolitics in the latest issue of the London Review of Books.
‘Easy to join, easy to leave’
‘The state of the state’
Over the last couple of years, I’ve been helping to coordinate members of the Economy & Society Editorial Board to produce a set of reflections on the changing face of ‘the state’. Following an event at UCL in February 2025 to prompt some short contributions, the journal has now published a combination of short pieces, with an Introduction by me and Andrew Barry.
Interview with Smart Cookies podcast
I discussed the frightening new mutations on the reactionary Right and its economic conditions with the Smart Cookies podcast. Watch on YouTube below or listen on Apple podcasts here.
Review of Brexitland
I reviewed Maria Sobolewska and Robert Ford’s Brexitland, on the rise of Remain/Leave identities, for the London Review of Books.
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.
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