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
Miliband can own the future in a way that Cameron can’t
I had this on Labour Uncut today.
The longer Gordon Brown was prime minister, the harder it became, sadly, to picture him in post at the 2012 Olympics. His purchase on the future evaporated. Ed Miliband has to recover this … Read the rest
Ed needs to answer the question Cameron can’t: why does he want to be PM
I had this on Labour Uncut before Christmas.
The front page of the Spectator Christmas special depicts Nick Clegg crushed between David Cameron’s foot and ice. This captures the conventional wisdom. Cameron is doing well out of the deal that … Read the rest
Who the new Lib Dem president really is. And why.
I wrote this in Labour Uncut recently:
For all Nick Clegg’s slightly vague talk of “giving the party with the biggest mandate the chance to govern” it wasn’t hard, given opinion polls, to see a Tory/Lib Dem government as a … Read the rest
Review of “The British General Election of 2010″
I reviewed “The British General Election of 2010″ by Dennis Kavanagh and Philip Cowley for Labour Uncut today.
“The characteristic virtue of Englishmen is power of sustained practical activity and their characteristic vice a reluctance to test the quality of
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