Tom Chidwick

It's publication day! An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class is published today, 27 October 2026, by @versobooks.bsky.social. My book is a new history how Britain's formerly powerful working class was pushed to the political margins. Order🔽 www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

I'm very much looking forward to speaking about the 1976 IMF Crisis, fifty years on, at tonight's @mileendinstitute.bsky.social panel on politics and economic shocks. Hopefully I'll see some of you there! @qmulsse.bsky.social @hssqmul.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/politics-a...

Fabulous line-up for my @mileendinstitute.bsky.social book launch on 18 November: the voice of Radio 4 (Carolyn Quinn); the author of THE book on Scottish nationalism (Ben Jackson); the former Leader of the Scottish Conservatives (Annabel Goldie). Sign up here! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/now-or-nev...

Next month, I'll be in conversation with Alan Taylor, former Scotsman Editor, in Edinburgh about my new book, "Now or Never!" We'll be discussing how devolution dominated British politics in the 1970s and shaped a generation of Scottish politicians. All welcome! royalscotsclub.com/event/meet-t...

Me, on the Westminster Hour (from 35:36), talking about research with @mbarnfield.bsky.social and @karlpike.bsky.social on voters views of the long-term - and how Brits think our politics is particularly short-termist. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

This episode of @lordspeaker.parliament.uk's Corner with @qmulsse.bsky.social's Peter Hennessy is delightful. As the King said of the Queen Mother, one of Peter's great heroes, him and Enid are "life enhancers". Their stoicism and good cheer in the face of Parkinson's should be a model to us all.

(This, incidentally, is why democratic states should not wire companies like Palantir into essential services. The problem is not the "values" of their owners. It's the coercive power it gives those owners over states to which they are openly hostile, and whose authority they do not acknowledge).

Of the six countries we polled, the UK was the only one where the % of people who think politics is focused on the short term outnumbered those who think it is focused on the long term.

I'm over the moon that Annabel Goldie, former Scottish Tory Leader, has agreed to speak at my @mileendinstitute.bsky.social book launch on 18 November! We've got a fabulous line-up including the voice of Radio 4 and the author of THE book on Scottish nationalism so do join us! shorturl.at/mbkbi

Is British politics uniquely short-termist? Voters seem to think so. @philipjcowley.bsky.social @karlpike.bsky.social and I just released @mileendinstitute.bsky.social polling on political short/long-termism across Europe. The UK stands out from its neighbours. www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/research...

Really looking forward to speaking on this panel on 26 October, along with Kathleen Burk, @will-davies.bsky.social, and Stephanie Flanders. All welcome, sign up 👇

It's a month today until my new book is published by @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social! Thanks to @mileendinstitute.bsky.social, I'll be launching "Now or Never!" at @qmulsse.bsky.social with a stellar panel featuring Carolyn Quinn, Ben Jackson and others. All are welcome so please do join us!

It's a month today until my new book is published by @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social! Thanks to @mileendinstitute.bsky.social, I'll be launching "Now or Never!" at @qmulsse.bsky.social with a stellar panel featuring Carolyn Quinn, Ben Jackson and others. All are welcome so please do join us!

Public executions were not abolished out of tenderness towards the criminal. They were abolished because of the effect on the people watching, and the dangers of making human death a source of commercial entertainment. Here's Charles Dickens in The Times, after witnessing an execution in 1849.

A rather sad announcement from @anandmenon.bsky.social on the future of UK in a Changing Europe. ukandeu.ac.uk/announcement...

Calling anyone interested in the politics and policy of London! @elizabethsim0n.bsky.social and Patrick Diamond's new book - "vital reading for ... understanding the volatile political landscape in London" (H/T @robfordmancs.bsky.social) - is now available for pre-order. Order your copy now!⬇️

YAY! Tickets now available! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2026-a... Stefan Collini on '"Serious, but not narrowly professional”: the idea of a university-based general periodical in post-war Britain'. Should make for great conversation about the role of universities in 'serious' public discourse #UKHE

🎥 In this week’s episode of The Steamie I spoke to @ewangibbs.bsky.social about his new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class You can watch on YouTube or listen on Spotify / Apple Podcasts now m.youtube.com/watch?v=-1zN...

Next month, I'm going to be launching my new @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social book at the @mileendinstitute.bsky.social! Speakers include the voice of Radio 4 Carolyn Quinn, @politicalquarterly.bsky.social's Ben Jackson and a MYSTERY Scottish politician. Do come! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/now-or-nev...

Latest piece for @thehousemag.bsky.social - on the Norway vote in 1940, drawing on a great piece just published in Parliamentary History. www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

For the last four weeks, I've been doing a slot on Matt Chorley's programme on Radio 5, in which we take an interesting or historic parliamentary vote and discuss its significance. So far we've done Norway (1940), the Shops Bill (1986), seatbelts (1981) and yesterday we did Iraq (2003).

It was a pleasure to host Lord Clement-Jones, Parliament's leading authority on AI, at @mileendinstitute.bsky.social last night. His experience and expertise will be a real asset to @qmulsse.bsky.social's staff and students as we grapple with the impact of AI on universities!

As the government abandons its plans to restrict jury trial, here's a @mileendinstitute.bsky.social webinar from March. We explored what the government was proposing, why it was contentious, what juries get right and wrong, and what other changes might be beneficial. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiep...

This will be excellent, from our wonderful @mileendinstitute.bsky.social manager Tom Chidwick! And we will of course be launching it at the MEI, with a great line-up of speakers. Keep an eye out for updates...