Making Britain worse and better in 2025
Bingzhi Zhu was a foreign student from China. Her student visa did not extend until the May of 2021; but she only realised this a day before it was due to expire.
The BBC, inequality, and the Multi-Coloured Swap Shop
The BBC was once an engine of progressive change driving British society to greater equality – Danny Dorling asks what changed, and why?
Playing chicken with voters
In September 2025, the British Election Study (BES) team released the latest results of a continuous survey of voters. What they were interested in was the decline in support for the Labour Party since the General Election of 2024.
Asset managers work to increase wealth over time
On July 1st 2025, journalist Polly Toynbee wrote a story in The Guardian beneath the title: ‘To all who think capitalism can drive progressive change, it won’t
How to Transform an Unequal Britain
When Keir Starmer became Prime Minister he promised ‘change’, and this promise was beefed up in his 2024 Christmas message with his six promises.
Very Long-Term International Housing Price Trends
Against the backdrop of recent global house price inflation, this paper addresses the question commonly asked about asset price booms and crises: ‘Is this time different?’
The Real ‘Strangers’ Among Us
Those who declare the UK to be an island of estranged individuals are the ones who should be looking closer to home
Calling Out Racist and Jingoistic Rhetoric
“…examines the rise of nationalist and exclusionary rhetoric in British political discourse,
Should landlords get more tax breaks? (Yes and No)
Extra regulation and less help with costs have made buy-to-let far less profitable. We ask if incentives are needed to keep the rental market going.
Foreword to: The Borders Within: Causes and fixes of Geographic Divides by Michael Donnelly
In 1973, Britain was the second most equal large country in Western Europe, and now it is the second most unequal of any country across the entirety of Europe.
These are the times that try men’s souls
Something is afoot. Recently, the economist Guy Standing invoked Thomas Paine’s old adage, that we are living in times that try men’s souls.
Westminster needs to follow Scotland in tackling child poverty
Another Spring in the UK, another set of statistics are released on child poverty. The British government does this just once a year.
UK welfare reforms threaten health of the most vulnerable
Cuts to disability benefits will worsen health and the economy
Review of: The Politics of Crime, Punishment and Justice: Exploring the Lived Reality and Enduring Legacies of the 1980s Radical Right
Why did crime rise in Britain in the 1980s? Was it rising economic hardship, rising greed? A bit of both and something else? Was it the adoption of the mantra that there is “no such thing as society, just people and their families”?