Political ideologies

Dr Nicholas Startin is Senior Lecturer in French and European Politics in the University of Bath's Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies. Earlier this year, I was invited to speak at the European Ideas Network’s (EIN) annual summer school...

I have a piece in today's Observer, expanding on the issue of the political economy of Brexit. It is in a section on the choices that confront Labour on Brexit. You can read it here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/02/brexit-labour-divisions-way-forward Meanwhile, down under, the...

Some years ago I wrote a blog on Dominic Cummings, an adviser to Michael Gove and one of the key architects of the Leave campaign. The blog focused on a long essay he had published on leaving the Department for...

Sociological analyses of the vote to leave the EU have largely focused on the working class revolt in England & Wales: the rage of the hollowed out netherworlds of post-industrial Britain in which respect, status and the prospect of a...

Before he became an Anglican priest in the late 18th century, and wrote the much-loved hymn Amazing Grace, John Newton was a slave trade sea captain. He bought and sold slaves, raping, torturing and killing them in the course of...

I have a longish piece co-written with Gavin Kelly, over at the site of the journal Juncture (which I co-edit) on the challenges the 2020s will bring to Labour and social democratic parties, and how they might start thinking about...

Dr Felia Allum, Lecturer in Italian History and Politics, Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies and Annarita Criscitiello (Università Federico II, Naples University, Italy) Why should Italians care about the Brexit debate in the UK? After all, Italy and...

Dr Aurelien Mondon, Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies The campaign for the UK referendum appears to have induced the French to confront their own pessimistic view of the Union and its future. A recent poll conducted...

Dr David Moon, Lecturer,  Dept of Politics, Languages & International Studies Insofar as the debate surrounding the EU referendum has noticed differing perspectives between the constituent nations that form the UK, it has almost entirely involved comparisons of Scotland and...

The day after a Budget is usually a difficult one for any Chancellor, but this year, George Osborne has been subject to sustained and withering scrutiny, most notably on the failure to meet his fiscal targets and the shunting around...