Export led growth, Mr Cameron?
This week sees another kick in the face for the Tory's economic strategy. Government cuts may have sucked enough demand out of the UK economy to help keep inflation down…
What is the point of the Labour Party?
Let's start with this, from The Guardian: 'Labour urged the government to publish its higher-education white paper, which was due in winter, instead of revealing policy in "dribs and drabs".…
There’s more to the economy than tax and spend
There's more to the economy than fiscal policy. This government's destruction is about much more than cuts. We, the left, need to get better at challenging their economic vision, and…
On immigration
It is very tempting for the liberal left to scream "racist" every time the subject of immigration comes up. But if we do so without understanding the material problems for…
Bring it: on violence, vandalism, and March 26
This piece first appeared on The Topsoil My politics have changed radically over the last year. This time last year I was hostile to anarchism, now I’d be more comfortable…
Crime and privilege
This piece first appeared over at The Topsoil A lot of people had disturbing experiences in the cells after the Fortnum & Mason arrests, one girl was told she couldn’t…
8 things about Britain’s debt
1) How big is it? We have had a higher debt: GDP ratio for 200 out of the last 250 years - historically, our debt is very small compared to…
Against social mobility: equality, class and the Jilted Generation.
This week Nick Clegg announced a new strategy to improve social mobility in the UK. Firms will have to advertise work experience in schools, they'll have to allow staff time…
Rich getting richer as the cuts & inflation kick the rest
If you want to know what's happening in the economy, you can do worse than looking at which businesses are succeeding and failing. And so two stories leep out from…