First trip to Southampton, and a well-deserved point. Still top!

New article: bringing two of my research interests together, I've explored what the Liberal Democrats' short-lived support for UBI in the early 1990s and early 2020s tells us about the politics of 'big ideas'. Available open access at @bjpir.bsky.social: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Every time Rachel Reeves ratchets up her commitment to her fiscal rules, I'm reminded of Ryan Walter's piece on Wayne Swan and Julia Gillard's surplus pledge ('Economic management, rhetorical tactics and the cost of promises'). It's well worth a read: press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/pr...

I'm delighted that Felix Roemer is coming to Cambridge on Wednesday 12 February to talk about his book Inequality Knowledge - a landmark history of poverty and inequality statistics in modern Britain.
5.30pm, Sidney Sussex College, with a response by @pramospinto.bsky.social. All welcome!