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
Preview: Tony Blair’s speech on Europe
I had this on Labour Uncut last November.
While Andrew Rawnsley reports that Ed Miliband’s speech to the CBI on the EU “leant heavily against a referendum”, Peter Mandelson recently wrote in the Financial Times that a referendum … Read the rest
Cumbria was always New and Blue Labour
I had this on Labour Uncut last year:
No less an authority than Lord Mandelson has declared New Labour dead. Dan Hodges has called time on blue Labour. But the revisionist principles driving New Labour long predate it and … Read the rest
Economic rebalancing: Labour must be “more interesting”
I had this on Labour Uncut a few weeks ago.
The Labour front bench might not welcome advice from retirees, no matter how dignified. But they’ve got some. “Be a little bit more interesting”, said Peter Mandelson, in response to … Read the rest
Let’s not bet the house on what might be the wrong future
I wrote this on Labour Uncut recently:
Labour has to be the party of optimism. Which should include being optimistic about the ingenuity of business, especially when combined with extraordinarily lax monetary conditions and a low pound. George Osborne anticipates … Read the rest
No need to choose between finance and manufacturing
I had the piece below published on Comment is Free on 12 June 2010:
David Cameron has argued that our economic fortunes have become “hitched to a few industries in one corner of the country, while we let other sectors like manufacturing slide”. His … Read the rest
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