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Nick Pearce
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Follow Nick on TwitterNick Pearce is the Director of IPPR, having rejoined the institute in 2010 after serving as Head of the Policy Unit at No 10. An author and regular commentator on public policy in broadcast and print media, Nick writes on a wide range of issues, from social justice, public service reform and identity politics to the future of social democracy.
Nick blogs on things that matter to our public life, from the heart of progressive thinking in Britain.
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Dear Jo, Congratulations on being appointed head of the No10 Policy Unit by the prime minister. I’m sure you’ve received a lot of unsolicited advice in the last week or so, and doubtless much of it has been unhelpful. I … Continue reading
Ed Miliband made waves last week with his plan to bring back the 10p rate of income tax, funded by a mansion tax. Most political commentators liked it: it was a genuine surprise, sowed division in the Coalition, and got … Continue reading
Picking through the detritus of twitterings and commentary on The Speech, I came across the remarkable book-length essay, The Left Against Europe, penned in 1972 by Tom Nairn, the redoubtable Scottish new left thinker. Although its Marxian analytical framework is … Continue reading
A very happy Xmas to readers of this blog! As is customary at this time of year, I’ve put together a few thoughts on books and journals that I have found particularly interesting in 2012.
The Great Moving Right Show was the title of Stuart Hall’s celebrated essay on the rise of the radical New Right, published in January 1979 as Britain’s post-war settlement began finally to collapse and Thatcherism emerged as a potent new … Continue reading
Historically, deep economic crises have tended to manifest themselves in ideological and political disruptions and paradigm shifts.
I’m away for a summer break, so I thought I’d sign out from this blog for a couple of weeks with some holiday reading tips.
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Two episodes shape my feelings about reform of the House of Lords.
I am accountable to my own ideal of a civil servant. Sir William Armstrong, former head of the civil service (speaking in the 1970s) It is both ironic and encouraging that the Coalition government is setting out plans for reforming … Continue reading
Over the bank holiday break I finished reading DR Thorpe’s magnificent biography of Harold Macmillan, Supermac. It is a classic of political biography. Although too charitable to Macmillan in parts, and wrongheaded on some key historical moments, like the Suez … Continue reading
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