MOST RECENT ARTICLES AND APPEARANCES
Thinking for Government?
with Carole Talbot
Public Finance September 2019
Opinion: Is public policy trapped in think tanks?
with Carole Talbot
Civil Service World 13 August 2019
Can Parliament Stop a No Deal Brexit?
Discussion on LBC with Ayesha Hazarika
9 August 2019
Assume that Johnson is set on no deal—how do MPs stop him?
Prospect 1 August 2019
Can Johnson survive his first weeks in No.10?
Politics.co.uk 1 July 2019
The Tyranny of Innovation?
Centre for Business Research (Cambridge) 30 May 2019
Brexit is likely to tear the countries of the UK asunder
with Carole Talbot
Public Finance 29 March 2019
Top of the pols: the bestselling books about politics 2018
Total Politics 1 February 2019
Brexit, parliament and the four-body problem
Prospect 10 January 2019
Corbyn’s democratic deficit: Will the Labour leader stick to democratic norms?
politics.co.uk 8 January 2019
Labour’s no-confidence gambit: What happens if they trigger a challenge?
politics.co.uk 17 December 2018
A successor to Theresa May might not automatically become PM
politics.co.uk 12 December 2018
The Great Brexit Crisis: we are in for an unprecedented shake up of the UK constitution, laws, conventions, and politics
LSE Brexit 5 December 2018 (Also re-blogged on UK in a Changing Europe and Democratic Audit)
The most likely Brexit outcome is Norway
Prospect 5 December 2018
Knowledge is power: how does government know what it owns – and how does it affect policy?
Civil Service World 4 December 2017
Winter is coming: but could Theresa May really call—and win—a December election?
Progress 15 October 2018
The Conservative Party must adapt or die
Prospect 1 October 2018
Labour conference and the Brexit dark arts
Prospect 24 September 2018
Calm down, a snap election remains only the faintest possibility
Prospect 24 July 2018
Exiting the EU: Shaking the Ground (with Carole Talbot)
Public Finance 13 June 2018
No one has noticed this important provision in the Fixed-term Parliaments Act
Prospect 31 May 2018
Why we should beware the ‘AI High’
Centre for Public Impact 25 April 2018
Matters of confidence: How prime ministers lost one of the biggest weapons in their parliamentary arsenal
Prospect 23 April 2018
No.10’s threat of a no-confidence vote on the customs union is constitutional nonsense
politics.co.uk 23 April 2018
How Brexit could break Whitehall
The Times 19 April 2018
Is Brexit Leading to the recentralisation of Whitehall?
(with Carole Talbot)
Civil Service World 20 March 2018
Brexit and the business of government (with Carole Talbot)
Stumbling towards the exit: Report paints grim picture of Whitehall chaos over Brexit
politics.co.uk 7 February 2018
Organising government for Brexit – through a glass, darkly?
with Carole Talbot
Civil Service World 7 February 2018
Risks of the tender trap
The New European 30 January 2018
Productivity: Everything you need to know about the problem strangling the economy
politics.co.uk 27 November 2017
Where to look to get real Budget picture
Civil Service World 22 November 2017
Book review: Myths of Management – what people get wrong about being the boss
Civil Service World 26 October 2017
A McCarthyite witchhunt against Remainer academics
politics.co.uk 25 October 2017
The failing Bonapartism of Theresa May
Total Politics 17 October 2017
Race, class, gender: New figures reveal reality of parliament
politics.co.uk 3 October 2017
Opinion: how academic blogs can help civil servants create evidence-based policy
Civil Service World 2 October 2017
Spinning the numbers: How politicians pull the wool over your eyes
politics.co.uk 21 September 2017
Performance measurement: the history and future of Whitehall’s target culture
Civil Service World 23 June 2017
What might post-Brexit public services look like?
Public Finance 22 May 2017
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Since 1995 I have published over 100 articles in newspapers and practitioner magazines, including: Financial Times (UK); PA Times (USA); Prison Service Journal (UK); Public Finance (UK); Public Service (UK); Public Servant (UK); The Guardian (UK); The Times (UK)
I have made regular media appearances including: BBC TV: Newsnight; Ten O’Clock News; News 24; Sunday Politics (NW); Wales TV News. BBC Radio: Today ; PM; World at One; More or Less; Radio 5 Live; Radio Wales; plus Sky News; Channel Four News; HTV News; etc
I have been frequently quoted in The Economist; The Guardian; The Financial Times; The Daily Telegraph; and The Times and a number of media in Denmark, France, Spain, Japan, China, etc.
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