This is an extract of Neal Lawson's essay which appears in 'The Starmer Symptom', edited by Mark Perryman. Other contributors include Clive Lewis, Danny Dorling, Emma Burnell, Gargi Bhattacharyya, James…
29 Aug, 2025
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13 Feb, 2023
Geoff Crocker’s book review of Martin Wolf’s ‘The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism’
This book review was originally posted of ubi.org here. Martin Wolf is right. Capitalism is delivering rampant inequality, leading democracy to generate populist demagogues appealing to economically excluded voters. Wolf’s…
02 Feb, 2021
Book Review: Poverty (2nd ed.) by Ruth Lister
The last year has put poverty firmly back on the political agenda. As the pandemic and lockdown swept across the UK, it was abundantly clear that while we might all…
08 Feb, 2018
Our City: Migrants and the Making of Modern Birmingham
Race and migration are the most explosive issues in British politics today. In contrast to the tabloid headlines, Our City: Migrants and the Making of Modern Birmingham explores how one of…