This page shows a continually updated list of the past month’s twenty most popular blog posts by readership.
- What do we mean by the “political class” – and are they all the same?
- Why improved support for people with mental health conditions can help economic recovery
- UK-China relations: Labour need to communicate a consistent and clear stance toward China, now
- Party funding reforms are overdue in the UK, but they should not be rushed
- Ethnic minorities are less likely to find good work than their white British counterparts, even when born and educated in the UK
- Despite common press perceptions, the number of strikes in the UK is far below the European average
- Build, build, build? The consequences of deregulating planning
- Is UK economy really as strong as the government says it is?
- Local partnerships are effective in preventing the spread of gangs and gang violence. The government can’t afford not to invest in them.
- How to put an end to party funding scandals
- Recent demonstrations across the UK are not a sign of rising political participation amongst the young
- The blue passport is the symbol of all that the UK is giving up in the name of Brexit
- What Grenfell Tower taught us about political leadership
- Coalition government has created a new balance of power at the centre of UK government (but that shouldn’t be a surprise)
- Interpreting the polls (in one animated GIF)
- Is David Cameron actually seeking to destroy the Lords?
- Gender diversity in the first May government – the ‘posh boys’ have gone, but the boys remain
- The one about post-Brexit sovereignty – why the Great ‘Repeal’ Act will actually weaken Parliament
- Everyday authoritarianism: an anthropology of citizenship and welfare in austerity Britain
- The psychology of scarcity – how personality influences economic ideology