New column for The Guardian, on the long shadow of Gordon Brown, and how Johnson has escaped it.
‘The secret of Johnson’s success lies in his break with Treasury dominance’
The decline of the ‘state effect’
Comment piece on the crisis of trust in British government, originally drafted in October, now shared on the PERC blog.
What was Corbynism?
Blogpost at PERC, seeking to relocate Corbynism in the political and economic context that gave rise to it: Osbornite austerity.
Interview with the Another Europe podcast
The economic context of the ‘war’ on universities
Blogpost published at PERC., on how the financial crisis opened the door to attacks on ‘low value’ and ‘woke’ degrees.
Who will go back to work?
Blogpost on the class divisions emerging from the lock-down, published by the Goldsmiths Political Economy Research Centre.
The holiday of exchange value
Blogpost written for the Goldsmiths Political Economy Research Centre, looking at the coronavirus crisis from the perspective of economic sociology of markets.
LRB at 40: in conversation with Katrina Forrester
A podcast is now available for this event, which was held as part of a series marking the 40th birthday of the London Review of Books. We discussed the current crisis of liberalism in relation to our own writing.
‘The Tories have lost their ideology. Now they are merely the party of resentment’
Column, coinciding with Conservative Party conference, published in The Guardian.
‘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’.
Boris Johnson as PR offensive
Blogpost for PERC, looking at the propaganda and enforced optimism, which are central to the new Conservative Brexit strategy.
‘Britain’s Nervous Breakdown’ – seminar recording
I joined Jeremy Gilbert for the Culture, Power and Politics open seminar, to discuss Brexit, Boris Johnson and the broader crisis of liberal democracy. Listen to an audio recording of the seminar here.
