Political Quarterly Blog

Review: The Literary Politics of Scottish Devolution. Voice, Class, Nation, by Scott Hames

Ben JacksonApril 15, 2020

The Literary Politics of Scottish Devolution: Voice, Class, Nation, by Scott Hames. Edinburgh University Press. 336 pp. £24.99The chronology of devolution ...

ReviewsScotland7 min read

Is it really possible to resurrect Sectoral Collective Bargaining and restore Trade Union power?

Peter AckersApril 9, 2020

Since 2017 the Labour party has proposed mandatory sectoral collective bargaining (SCB) as a comprehensive strategy to rebuild the trade union voice across the...

CommentEconomyUK8 min read

Has Labour really lost the working class?

Jo Michell and Rob Calvert JumpMarch 31, 2020

In the aftermath of Labour’s general election defeat, a new conventional wisdom has rapidly taken hold: Labour, increasingly middle class and out of touch, has...

CommentElectionsUK11 min read

Improvement Districts: An explainer

Daniel ZiebarthMarch 30, 2020

The presence of improvement districts across in cities across the world has been increasing since the 1970’s. But what are they, why are they created, and whic...

CommentEconomyInternational politics5 min read

In times like these, what is the future of the BBC?

Jean SeatonMarch 26, 2020

We need a reformed and bigger BBC putting information engineering in the public interest at the centre of a new vision for the UK. We are in the middle of an i...

Long ReadsMedia & cultureUK10 min read

Crossing Divides: A social experiment for post-Brexit Britain

Ben WilliamsMarch 13, 2020

From the moment David Cameron made his pledge to hold a referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union back in January 2013, Britain has experienced s...

BrexitCommentUK5 min read

The never-ending saga over antisemitism and the Labour Party

Adam SutcliffeFebruary 27, 2020

The seemingly never-ending rumpus over antisemitism in the Labour Party has been capturing headlines for over four years now. This controversy is closely entwi...

ReviewsUKWelfare & Inequality7 min read

Migration and the climate crisis

Holly BarrowFebruary 20, 2020

While climate-induced displacement is no new phenomenon, we are currently witnessing the critical role it plays in migration. Thousands of homes in Australia h...

CommentEnvironmentInternational politics5 min read

Cummings, cognitive bias, and the NHS

Jennifer DixonFebruary 12, 2020

While we decipher early signals on what the new government will bring, Dominic Cummings’ blog has become a must-read. Not because of the deliciously toxic anec...

HealthLong ReadsUK16 min read

Lisa Nandy says social conservatism is a Labour tradition. She’s wrong

Mark HayhurstFebruary 5, 2020

Of all the candidates vying for the party leadership, Lisa Nandy appears to have put the most thought into why Labour was so badly beaten in the general electi...

CommentDevolutionUK7 min read

The Worst British Prime Minister Ever

Donald SassoonJanuary 28, 2020

At a recent lunch, discussion turned to the question of who had been the country’s worst ever prime minister. The usual suspects were rolled out: Lord North, t...

GovernmentReviewsUK7 min read

Antisemitism – the touchstone issue for the next Labour leader

Ivor GaberJanuary 22, 2020

With the intervention of the Board of Deputies of British Jews into the Labour party's leadership election, antisemitism has become one of the campaign’s defin...

CommentUK6 min read