Defunct academic scribbler still working on rethinking political economy, the politics and governance of England, and public policy.
Hornsea, East Yorks, England
Joined September 2011
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Wonderful autumnal sunshine 9n #Hornsea beach. Great to see so many people out enjoying it. #Yorkshire #EastRiding #England @BBCLookNorth @BBCEngland @looknorthBBC @BBCWthrWatchers @bbcweather
A headline missing the operative words 'in #England'. Health policy @ThatsDevolved to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, but not to #England as a nation. Only #England remains governed by top-down, centralised British nationalist statecraft. #sayEngland theguardian.com/society/2026…
These are really important ideas,(although not new ones) for #rethinking contemporary #politicaleconomy. A prime example of how #politicaleconomy can redefine the constitution of the market: the laws, legislation, policies and (de)regulation which shape it.theguardian.com/business/202…
The Peasants' Revolt was about English history,English revolutionary failure,and #England's nationsl sfory, not British history, British failure etc. In terms of 'successful military revolutions,'the events of 1066 seem to have been forgotten. #sayEngland. theguardian.com/film/2026/oc…
As stated in its terms of reference, this taskforce focuses on flooding in #England. The use of 'Britain' is the usual British nationalist terminology for #England. The same applies to the UK Mayors Network which applies to bodies in #England. #sayEngland gov.uk/government/news/new-t…
An article which confuses and conflates 'English' with 'British', ignoring all the protests currently taking place.#England has a long history of protest and rebellion.Students in #England are treated as individual customers and behave as market actors. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Here we go again. 'If only we had been bolder...' will be the all too familiar mantra after the next General Election from defeated MPs and ministerial memoirs. What is the point of being in office, but not in power? Carpe diem.#rethinking #politiceconomy
theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
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Either the #NationalEmergencyBriefing should be shown on prime time terrestrial television and streamed, and/or the UK Government should publish its own intelligence officers' report in full, and accompany it with a PM-led #climatecrisis televised briefing.theguardian.com/environment/…
It is actually a battle of interests between the private self-interest of wealth-extracting,tax avoiding,asset-owning rent-seekers, represented by @KemiBadenoch
and @Nigel_Farage,and those who actually work for a living, and rely upon public goods to do so.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r4…
Do as I say, not as I do. The scale of MPs' private property portfolio as second home owners, landlords, and expense claimants for rents, heating etc is staggering. They are exemplars of the #renterprise economy: wealth-extracting asset owners.
theguardian.com/politics/202…
This absurd imbalance in projected energy and water consumption, and carbon emissions between corporations and the rest of society highlights a key question of power. Who is policy and infrastructure for: private corporate interests or the public interest?
theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
Leasehold is one of the greatest impediments to aspiration and greater social mobility in #England. Whether and how the manifesto commitment to end leasehold is met will be an acid test of whether @UKLabour is serious about national renewal for #England.
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
The demands of English #devolution are simple: just give #England what #Scotland and #Wales have: a national approach (not a 'regional' one); prior approval referendums at each stage; and #devolution, not administrative decentralisation or delegation. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
The @Conservatives presided over 14 years of failing to deliver public infrastructure, not least #HS2, #NPR and reservoirs. Business taxes and regulations were cut repeatedly, but delivered weak business investment, low growth and disasters like #Grenfell.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj9…
#Commonsense #conservatism was embraced by @Conservatives under William Hague. It failed.Thatcher drew upon the unpublished #SteppingStones for her agenda,not #TheRighrApproach. Thatcherism delivered unaffordable rents,#England's sewage filled rivers etc.dailymail.com/news/article-1…
Food security is a major component of national security which requires urgent attention. The UK Government's continued complacency on this vital issue, and on security of water supply for #England and the climate crisis, is indicative of a failing state. share.google/OebBeeMZIwr7FTP…
The last government failed precisely because of what it stood for. @BorisJohnson,@trussliz and @RishiSunak all subscribed to the Thatcherite model: tax cuts,deregulation, enterprise culture etc, but it proved to be a flawed model which delivered stagnation.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx7v…
Educatiom policy @ThatsDevolved. The National Curriculum applies to #England, not '#Britain'. Schoolchildren must be taught to always distinguish between #England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom-and not to use the nebulous ''#Britain'. #sayEngland.
theguardian.com/education/20…
Stunning sunny morning for #Hornsea. A clear 10 on the Jeff Lynne scale. #Yorkshire #EastRiding #England @BBCLookNorth @BBCEngland @BBCWthrWatchers @bbcweather
