John Stuart Mill Institute
@jsmillinstitute.bsky.social
Independent radical liberal think tank based in the UK. Our latest book, When We Speak of Freedom: Radical Liberalism in an Age of Crisis, is being published this February.
'It has been said that Socialism is about equality. If you ask for an equivalent short-hand description of Liberalism, I should say it is about freedom and participation' (Jo Grimond, The Liberal Challenge, 1963) 🔶️
August 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
'It has been said that Socialism is about equality. If you ask for an equivalent short-hand description of Liberalism, I should say it is about freedom and participation' (Jo Grimond, The Liberal Challenge, 1963) 🔶️
"Being liberal meant demonstrating the virtues of a citizen, showing devotion to the common good, and respecting the importance of mutual connectedness" (Helena Rosenblatt) 🔶️
August 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"Being liberal meant demonstrating the virtues of a citizen, showing devotion to the common good, and respecting the importance of mutual connectedness" (Helena Rosenblatt) 🔶️
In our final session, @carlcashman.bsky.social and Professor Helena Rosenblatt explored the past and future of Liberalism. It's been an amazing few days. Thanks to all our fantastic speakers. 🔶️
August 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
In our final session, @carlcashman.bsky.social and Professor Helena Rosenblatt explored the past and future of Liberalism. It's been an amazing few days. Thanks to all our fantastic speakers. 🔶️
On Day 1 Michael Meadowcroft explored the importance of #liberal politics in terms of the past vibrancy of local government. Michael noted that 1948 was the high point of municipal government in Britain, with public authorities owning gas, electricity, housing, airports, schools, and FE provision. 🔶️
August 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
On Day 1 Michael Meadowcroft explored the importance of #liberal politics in terms of the past vibrancy of local government. Michael noted that 1948 was the high point of municipal government in Britain, with public authorities owning gas, electricity, housing, airports, schools, and FE provision. 🔶️
Looking forward to welcoming Dr Timothy Stacey to the Summer School. Tim will be in extended conversation with Professor Chris Willmore & @williamjtlane.bsky.social on the panel: "Is Liberalism Dying?". The argument of
Tim's recent book "Saving Liberalism From Itself" might well feature. 😀 👍
Tim's recent book "Saving Liberalism From Itself" might well feature. 😀 👍
August 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Looking forward to welcoming Dr Timothy Stacey to the Summer School. Tim will be in extended conversation with Professor Chris Willmore & @williamjtlane.bsky.social on the panel: "Is Liberalism Dying?". The argument of
Tim's recent book "Saving Liberalism From Itself" might well feature. 😀 👍
Tim's recent book "Saving Liberalism From Itself" might well feature. 😀 👍
It's with great pleasure that we welcome JSMI Trustee Professor Chris Willmore to our Summer School. Chris will sit on the discussion panel: "Is Liberalism Dying?" Expect some compelling and spirited discussion about rationality, emotions & good storytelling in politics. share.google/p24V0bFIZyNh...
August 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It's with great pleasure that we welcome JSMI Trustee Professor Chris Willmore to our Summer School. Chris will sit on the discussion panel: "Is Liberalism Dying?" Expect some compelling and spirited discussion about rationality, emotions & good storytelling in politics. share.google/p24V0bFIZyNh...
We're looking forward to welcoming Bartek Staniszewski, Head of Research at @brightblueuk.bsky.social to the JSMI Lberal Summer School (11-13 August). Bartek will explore how co-ops and mutuals can spread power and wealth. You can sign up for the Summer School here: share.google/DEGm400jqFZn...
August 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We're looking forward to welcoming Bartek Staniszewski, Head of Research at @brightblueuk.bsky.social to the JSMI Lberal Summer School (11-13 August). Bartek will explore how co-ops and mutuals can spread power and wealth. You can sign up for the Summer School here: share.google/DEGm400jqFZn...
Two Green thinkers are better than one: The JSMI is thrilled to welcome both Molly Scott Cato & @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social to our first online Summer School. The theme this year is 'Power in the Liberal Tradition'.
@greenparty.org.uk @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/radical-li...
@greenparty.org.uk @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/radical-li...
August 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Two Green thinkers are better than one: The JSMI is thrilled to welcome both Molly Scott Cato & @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social to our first online Summer School. The theme this year is 'Power in the Liberal Tradition'.
@greenparty.org.uk @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/radical-li...
@greenparty.org.uk @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/radical-li...
Out of the doom loop: At our upcoming Liberal Summer School @paulhindley2210.bsky.social and @cosmichope.bsky.social discuss reasons for Liberals to be optimistic, despite difficult times. You can sign up for the Summer School below: www.eventbrite.com/e/radical-li...
August 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Out of the doom loop: At our upcoming Liberal Summer School @paulhindley2210.bsky.social and @cosmichope.bsky.social discuss reasons for Liberals to be optimistic, despite difficult times. You can sign up for the Summer School below: www.eventbrite.com/e/radical-li...
We're thrilled to welcome our colleague @williamjtlane.bsky.social to the Summer School. Will explores the ostensibly grim question: "Is Liberalism dying?" Expect some rich conversation about authoritarianism, the surveillance state, & the Alt-Right. Sign up here
www.eventbrite.com/e/radical-li...
www.eventbrite.com/e/radical-li...
August 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
We're thrilled to welcome our colleague @williamjtlane.bsky.social to the Summer School. Will explores the ostensibly grim question: "Is Liberalism dying?" Expect some rich conversation about authoritarianism, the surveillance state, & the Alt-Right. Sign up here
www.eventbrite.com/e/radical-li...
www.eventbrite.com/e/radical-li...
'Privatisation is eminently justified where the market is appropriate and competition can keep down prices and improve efficiency. Otherwise, the best way to run services such as the railways and water is as a public service directly under parliamentary control' (Jo Grimond, 1989) 🔶️
August 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
'Privatisation is eminently justified where the market is appropriate and competition can keep down prices and improve efficiency. Otherwise, the best way to run services such as the railways and water is as a public service directly under parliamentary control' (Jo Grimond, 1989) 🔶️
The JSMI is thrilled to welcome Dr Stuart White, Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford, to our Summer School (11-13 August). Stuart will be reflecting on the policies we need to truly democratise work and capital. Sign up to the Summer School below: share.google/xpKKYKL0Aqmw...
August 2, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The JSMI is thrilled to welcome Dr Stuart White, Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford, to our Summer School (11-13 August). Stuart will be reflecting on the policies we need to truly democratise work and capital. Sign up to the Summer School below: share.google/xpKKYKL0Aqmw...
'The form of association, however, which if mankind continue to improve...is not that which can exist between a capitalist as chief & work-people without a voice in the management, but the association of the labourers themselves on terms of equality, collectively owning the capital' (J.S. Mill) 🔶️
August 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
'The form of association, however, which if mankind continue to improve...is not that which can exist between a capitalist as chief & work-people without a voice in the management, but the association of the labourers themselves on terms of equality, collectively owning the capital' (J.S. Mill) 🔶️
A Happy Yorkshire Day from everyone at the JSMI. 🏵
August 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A Happy Yorkshire Day from everyone at the JSMI. 🏵
We're thrilled to welcome @pjsloman.bsky.social to our online Summer School. Peter will explore the economic policy of the Liberal Party, & its commitment to worker co-ownership. What lessons can we learn for a world of tech giants & widening inequality? Sign up below: share.google/lAuP00z6RFpg...
July 31, 2025 at 6:21 AM
We're thrilled to welcome @pjsloman.bsky.social to our online Summer School. Peter will explore the economic policy of the Liberal Party, & its commitment to worker co-ownership. What lessons can we learn for a world of tech giants & widening inequality? Sign up below: share.google/lAuP00z6RFpg...
The JSMI is thrilled to invite Institute Trustee Michael Meadowcroft to our first online Summer School in August. Biographer Mark Smulian has described Michael as "the main, indeed very nearly the only, philosopher of applied Liberalism within the old Liberal Party from the late 1960s onwards" 🔶️
July 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The JSMI is thrilled to invite Institute Trustee Michael Meadowcroft to our first online Summer School in August. Biographer Mark Smulian has described Michael as "the main, indeed very nearly the only, philosopher of applied Liberalism within the old Liberal Party from the late 1960s onwards" 🔶️
This August (in partnership with the Social Liberal Forum) the JSM is running its first online Summer School. The theme is "Power in the Liberal Tradition". You can find details below. ✊️🔶️
July 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
This August (in partnership with the Social Liberal Forum) the JSM is running its first online Summer School. The theme is "Power in the Liberal Tradition". You can find details below. ✊️🔶️
The JSMI is pleased to welcome former government economist Vicky Pryce to our first online Summer School in August. Vicky will explore with us the extent to which Keynesianism has been a centralising top-down project. Is it possible to imagine a Keynesianism of the local & the grassroots? 🔶️
July 29, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The JSMI is pleased to welcome former government economist Vicky Pryce to our first online Summer School in August. Vicky will explore with us the extent to which Keynesianism has been a centralising top-down project. Is it possible to imagine a Keynesianism of the local & the grassroots? 🔶️
"You remember how he would trust strangers, and if they fooled him he would say, 'It's better to be fooled than to be suspicious'--that the confidence trick is the work of man, but the want-of-confidence trick is the work of the devil." (E.M Forster, Howards End) 🔶️
July 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"You remember how he would trust strangers, and if they fooled him he would say, 'It's better to be fooled than to be suspicious'--that the confidence trick is the work of man, but the want-of-confidence trick is the work of the devil." (E.M Forster, Howards End) 🔶️
The JSMI is thrilled to welcome @compassoffice.bsky.social Frances Foyle to our first online Summer School. Frances is going to argue for power of deliberative democracy in sustaining strong and diverse communities. @labouruk.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk @libdems.org.uk @labourlist.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The JSMI is thrilled to welcome @compassoffice.bsky.social Frances Foyle to our first online Summer School. Frances is going to argue for power of deliberative democracy in sustaining strong and diverse communities. @labouruk.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk @libdems.org.uk @labourlist.bsky.social
We look forward to welcoming Professor David Howarth to the JSMI Summer School. David's lecture will consider how we amplify individual liberty in an increasingly authoritarian and interconnected world. It promises to be a cracker of a talk. @humanists.uk @libdems.org.uk @amnestyuk.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
We look forward to welcoming Professor David Howarth to the JSMI Summer School. David's lecture will consider how we amplify individual liberty in an increasingly authoritarian and interconnected world. It promises to be a cracker of a talk. @humanists.uk @libdems.org.uk @amnestyuk.bsky.social
This August (in partnership with the Social Liberal Forum) the JSM is running its first online Summer School. The theme is "Power in the Liberal Tradition". You can find details below. ✊️🔶️
July 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This August (in partnership with the Social Liberal Forum) the JSM is running its first online Summer School. The theme is "Power in the Liberal Tradition". You can find details below. ✊️🔶️
In August, the JSMI Summer School is pleased to welcome @carlcashman.bsky.social. Carl is going to explore the ways mutual & co-op models can spread wealth & power in local communities. www.eventbrite.com/e/radical-li...
@greenlibdems.org.uk @cmmonwealth.bsky.social
@libdemlocalgov.bsky.social
@greenlibdems.org.uk @cmmonwealth.bsky.social
@libdemlocalgov.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In August, the JSMI Summer School is pleased to welcome @carlcashman.bsky.social. Carl is going to explore the ways mutual & co-op models can spread wealth & power in local communities. www.eventbrite.com/e/radical-li...
@greenlibdems.org.uk @cmmonwealth.bsky.social
@libdemlocalgov.bsky.social
@greenlibdems.org.uk @cmmonwealth.bsky.social
@libdemlocalgov.bsky.social
You can sign up to our online JSM Summer School below. @greenlibdems.org.uk @libdems.org.uk @greenparty.org.uk @compassoffice.bsky.social
Radical Liberal Summer School - Hosted by the JSMI and the SLF Tickets, Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite share.google/HoJHFXcdiaZf...
Radical Liberal Summer School - Hosted by the JSMI and the SLF Tickets, Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite share.google/HoJHFXcdiaZf...
July 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
You can sign up to our online JSM Summer School below. @greenlibdems.org.uk @libdems.org.uk @greenparty.org.uk @compassoffice.bsky.social
Radical Liberal Summer School - Hosted by the JSMI and the SLF Tickets, Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite share.google/HoJHFXcdiaZf...
Radical Liberal Summer School - Hosted by the JSMI and the SLF Tickets, Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite share.google/HoJHFXcdiaZf...
'We carve out a niche for ourselves Left of Centre...in the sense that we stand for personal freedom against authority...in the sense that we believe there's too much poverty...too much cruelty, in the sense that we want and mean to have a wide dispersal of property & power' (Jo Grimond, 1958) 🔶️
July 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
'We carve out a niche for ourselves Left of Centre...in the sense that we stand for personal freedom against authority...in the sense that we believe there's too much poverty...too much cruelty, in the sense that we want and mean to have a wide dispersal of property & power' (Jo Grimond, 1958) 🔶️