Nick Garland
@npjgarland.bsky.social
Think tanker, political speechwriter, historian.
What a strange and angry post from the FIFA president. While preaching “love” he has come across extremely thin skinned and while at the same time attempted to downplay what has happened to Iran, fans denied visas, Omar Artan and the Balogun situations as normal. Like in a parallel universe.
Today I've written for @labourlist.bsky.social on why working class communities deserve to see a bold plan from Labour on climate. Quite simply we all deserve to be safe and be protected. And there's quite a clear political case for the government too. labourlist.org/2026/08/work...
'Working class communities deserve a bold climate plan from Labour' - LabourList
Labour has always proudly protected, championed and supported working class communities and should do so once more when it comes to climate.
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It's nice to see P&P promoting my article as we approach the anniversary of the 1976 IMF Crisis, when unilateral protectionism was furiously debated within the bowels of the British state. It's open access and free to read via the link below.
Past and Present@pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · yesterdayOn advance access "The Political Crisis of British Keynesianism, 1973–1983" by @colmpm.bsky.social (@qmpoliticsir.bsky.social) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/past...
I'm a big fan of @ben-glover.bsky.social but I take issue with this on various points. 1st, it subscribes to a view that the changes Labour went through in the 80s and 90s were autonomous choices, rather than responses to objective economic and social changes. www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
The revenge of Old Labour
Andy Burnham is battling the ghosts of Labour’s past
newstatesman.com
Man goes to see the Cyclops. Says he's depressed. He wants to get back to his wife and home, but he keeps running into fatal predicaments along the way. Cyclops says, "Prognosis is simple. Nobody can help you." Man starts crying. Says, "But Cyclops, I *am* Nobody"
Andy Burnham may be giving people some breathing space on the cost of living, but the cost of normal crisis remains as serious as it has ever been
Lord Glasman Wrote A Song For The Exiled Crown Prince Of Iran And Played It To Him
Exclusive: Labour peer Maurice Glasman wrote and recorded a song dedicated to Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last Shah of Iran, in support of his exi...
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We're sleepwalking into a real democratic legitimacy problem. Falling turnout means we keep returning governments fewer and fewer of us actually voted for. Compulsory voting is the way out — and it's good to see it's getting some traction. Great thread explaining why from my colleague Nick
Nick Garland@npjgarland.bsky.social · last wk.1/ Great reporting in The Times on the emerging momentum behind support for compulsory voting, which @ippr.org called for a couple of weeks ago: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Great to be featured in today’s First Edition talking about care reform. Andy’s committed to change - the good news is that while we’ve delayed reform other countries have figured out what to do & how to pay for it. Japan, Australia, New Zealand have all made the system more generous (1/
Hettie O’Brien@hettieobrien.bsky.social · last wk.This morning’s First Edition is about the most exasperating, decades long debate in British politics - and what Burnham might do differently this time www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
It works well in Australia and has, for the most part, kept our politics sensible. To get the full Aussie experience the Brits must adopt the democracy sausage, ie delicious high fat emulsified offal tubes on white bread served by parents raising funds for schools at polling places.
Nick Garland@npjgarland.bsky.social · last wk.1/ Great reporting in The Times on the emerging momentum behind support for compulsory voting, which @ippr.org called for a couple of weeks ago: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
👏👏👏 I've come round to compulsory voting, if done on the basis Nick sets out here. Partly because it will help tackle democratic decay, but also because we need to push back at the idea that politics is basically shopping - where you just get to demand what you want. Citizenship involves duties.
Nick Garland@npjgarland.bsky.social · last wk.1/ Great reporting in The Times on the emerging momentum behind support for compulsory voting, which @ippr.org called for a couple of weeks ago: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
1/ Great reporting in The Times on the emerging momentum behind support for compulsory voting, which @ippr.org called for a couple of weeks ago: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Compulsory voting on the table as Burnham ponders electoral reform
Proposals seen by the prime minister’s advisers suggest a £10 fine for those who do not cast a ballot, with a ‘none of the above’ option to be included
thetimes.com
On the day we congratulate Burnham as he enters No 10, I wanted to gift him the good news that climate and environmental ambition speaks exactly to the people he wants his government to deliver for. lcef.co.uk/blog/good-ne...
Good news for Burnham: A strong climate vision speaks to both the north and the south | Blog | Labour Climate and Environment Forum
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Jane Gingrich and I have written an essay for @ippr.org on a fundamental problem, that an age that demands more of the state also suffers from multiple state legitimation crises www.ippr.org/articles/the...
The legitimacy trap | IPPR
In many ways, the public want more government: to shape a fairer, more dynamic economy and protect ordinary people from the consequences of a turbulent wor
ippr.org
Avengers: Domesday (a ragtag group of 56 superheroes attempts to take a census of the towns in medieval Britain)
This is why they say you should never bathe a random baby or it will grow up to beat you at your own game
If that's a foul, the match should be abandoned as Argentina are down to 6 men.
Yes, Argentina the first ever World Cup finalist to not have a shot in the 90 minutes.
Total woke cultural victory. We're bringing pronouns back. It is now illegal to be a white male. We're doing May Day parades just for HR ladies.
Massive gamble by the manager to put him up against the greatest player that ever lived. But, he’s their captain, so I guess Scaloni has got to pick him.
The Harvard system is an abomination (Saunders 2026). It's like space junk (Lucas 1978) clattering around the beautiful cosmos of one's prose.
Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social · 3w agoIncreasingly coming to the view that the Harvard referencing system is the death of stylish academic writing. Flow as a reader is impossible when the text is littered with regular occurrences of (Boggins and Zuglinsky 2022).
Great to see my @ippr.org report (with @harryqp.bsky.social & @sofiahewson.bsky.social) cited by @guardianheather.bsky.social here: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK must cap political donations to stop the rich buying influence | Heather Stewart
If Keir Starmer won’t act then his successor should – by restricting the power of a small group of mega-donors
theguardian.com
Absolutely sending me Big Dan Burn put this on his insta game dump
This @ippr.org paper by @npjgarland.bsky.social is well worth your time. Particularly good to see a focus on the abusive power of oligarchy - something I hope we'll hear more on. www.ippr.org/articles/the...
The democratic citizen: Renewing citizenship and the public domain | IPPR
Often, this descends into little more than an argument about eligibility for welfare benefits. This is a disaster for progressives, who find themselves fig
ippr.org
I had fun doing a bit of a typology of progressive paradigms of citizenship:
🧵 Progressives need to think much more ambitiously about citizenship: it can't only be a debate about the "who" - the boundaries of citizenship. Our new @ippr.org report today makes the case for a new politics of "democratic citizenship": www.ippr.org/articles/the...
The democratic citizen: Renewing citizenship and the public domain | IPPR
Often, this descends into little more than an argument about eligibility for welfare benefits. This is a disaster for progressives, who find themselves fig
ippr.org
