Biog
Jonathan is an economist with high level policy and political experience
Jonathan is a former ministerial advisor and senior consultant at Europe Economics. An economist with high-level policy and political experience, he remains an associate at Europe Economics, Demos and ESL UK. He also writes for Labour Uncut. Currently he is undertaking a pioneering research project for UK Music on the economic contribution of the music industry to the British economy. Since becoming a freelance consultant he has completed projects for Action for Children, Centre for London, Demos and UK Music. He’s especially interested in the economics of the creative industries and the economic and political futures of UK cities. Jonathan holds degrees from three leading universities in Economics and Politics, including an M Phil in Political Thought and Intellectual History. More
Labour will need both Darling and Johnson at the next election
I had this on Labour Uncut yesterday.
Unity should run through Labour like a stick of rock. Following David Miliband’s departure, we should reflect on what this might mean for figures like Alistair Darling and Alan Johnson in the general … Read the rest
The root causes of today’s problems go back further than the crash and require structural economic change
I had this on Labour Uncut today.
We continue to live through the hangover from what Mervyn King called the NICE decade – non-inflationary continuous expansion. Just like all hangovers what we are living through is consequence of what came … Read the rest
The Sunday review on Friday: The Young Fabians’ jobs summit
I had this on Labour Uncut earlier this year:
Earlier this week on Tuesday, the Young Fabians demonstrated their capacity to work for solutions to the most pressing of problems by holding their jobs summit in the week in which … Read the rest
David Miliband looks to Labour’s future in DC
I wrote this for Labour Uncut when I was on holiday in the USA recently.
On the day before his brother’s attendance at the royal wedding, David Miliband was in Washington DC. This followed his tentative steps back towards … Read the rest
The long march from Manchester to a new socialism
I wrote for Labour Uncut on Friday on the long march from Manchester to a new socialism.
Manchester, so much to answer for. And questions remain. We know that David Miliband, Nick Brown and (we hope) Red Ed will … Read the rest
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