Essays on British politics and political economy.
A diagnosis, and a programme to match it
Everything is shit and expensive at the same time. The migration story has failed its own test. The real cause is structural — wages stagnant, assets concentrated, public services hollowed out. The programme that could fix it, and what happens if nothing does.
Public servicesThe case for Universal Basic Services
Britain's welfare state was designed in 1948 for an economy that no longer exists. Universal Basic Services takes the principle that built the NHS and applies it to housing, childcare, transport, and the other things every modern life now requires.