Useful Links

Tax Research UK

A Blog by one of our founding members Prof Richard Murphy largely concerned with Tax, Economics and Politics.

Outside the Bubble

A fresh, radical, centre-left blog looking at current political and economic issues independent of the neoliberal/Westminster mindset. It is strongly illuminated by a scientific background, analysing claims by politicians (almost never scientists) for their accuracy. Many of the postings will be concerned with the urgent need to address inequality in our society and what can be done practically to make it more fair, better balanced and appealing to the electorate on all sides.

Monbiot.com

Monbiot.com is the blog of the well known author George Monbiot. In his words “my job is to tell people what they don’t want to hear. That is not what I set out to do. I wanted only to cover the subjects I thought were interesting and important. But wherever I turned, I met a brick wall of denial.”

Mainly Macro

Macroeconomic Blog by Simon Wren-Lewis, Professor of Economic Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, and a fellow of Merton College. This blog is written for both economists and non-economists.

Flip Chart Fairy Tales

Flip Chart Fairy Tales advertises as “Business Bullshit, Corporate Crap and other stuff from the World of Work” but don’t let that put off – a lot of very interesting insights.

Brexit Border Blog

An independent source of facts, news and analysis on the impact of Brexit on the island of Ireland from Fearghal McKinney (a former newspaper, radio and television reporter and presenter and served as an MLA in the Northern Ireland Assembly) and Séamus Murphy (background in financial journalism in Ireland and Scandinavia including a seven-year stint as editor of European Banker).

Bill Michell - billy blog

Bill Mitchell is a Professor in Economics and Director of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia. His blog is on Modern Monetary Theory and he is extremely widely respected in Macroeconomic Circles.

Slugger O'Toole

An award winning news and opinion portal, which takes a critical look at various strands of political politics in Ireland and Britain with a focus on NI. It tries to bring its readers ‘open source analysis’ from both the mainstream media and the blogosphere. And they are constantly on the look out for opportunities to add value to the debate of matters of regional, national and international concern.

Another Angry Voice

Clark began writing this blog in 2010 in order to express his opinions about current political, social and economic issues. He chose the name Another Angry Voice on the spur of the moment because he thought it sounded good at the time and he had to call it something. He doesn’t believe it is a particularly accurate descriptor, given that he strive to to base his arguments on facts and analysis, and to include reliable sources, rather than simply writing emotionally fuelled rants.

We Ginger Dug

Scottish site run by Paul Kavanagh, formerly a full time carer in Glasgow. He gave up work to look after Andy (partner of 25 years), diagnosed with dementia in 2012 and required 24 hour care and attendance. Formerly lived in Spain, where we acquired the Dug and he was the editor and publisher of a monthly English language features magazine.

Rising Up!

Rising Up! is a project to enable people to pledge actions for social change – collective acts of art, heart and civil disobedience.

This blog is for some of the organisers to share a few thoughts – we may not all agree with each other and this shouldn’t be taken as the views of the project. In any case we don’t want to get all rigid like that- as if we know everything!

Jack Kent Blog

A blog by David Alan Green who is legal commentator at FT.com and the former legal correspondent of the New Statesman. Alan Green is worth reading for his detailed analysis of the Brexit proccess

Tax Research UK

A Blog by one of our founding members Prof Richard Murphy largely concerned with Tax, Economics and Politics.

Stumbling and Mumbling

As you would expect from the author of The End of Politics, Chris Dillow’s blog is very well informed.

He is critical, very much so, of pretty much everything; but such is the quality of his analysis that, as he says, he is an extremist rather than a fanatic.

Mainly Macro

Macroeconomic Blog by Simon Wren-Lewis, Professor of Economic Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, and a fellow of Merton College. This blog is written for both economists and non-economists.

The Irish Economy

The aim of this website is to provide commentary, information,and intelligent discourse about the Irish economy.

Flip Chart Fairly Tales

Flip Chart Fairy Tales advertises as “Business Bullshit, Corporate Crap and other stuff from the World of Work” but don’t let that put off – a lot of very interesting insights.

Bill Mitchell - billy blog

Bill Mitchell is a Professor in Economics and Director of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia. His blog is on Modern Monetary Theory and he is extremely widely respected in Macroeconomic Circles.

Modern Money Matters

Modern Money matters is a site on modern money theory described as “Succour for Wise Owls” and run by Neil Wilson who describes himself as not an economist.

Prime

Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME) is a network of macroeconomists, political economists and professionals from related disciplines who seek to engage with a diverse audience in order to de-mystify economic theories, policies and ideas.
We highlight the glaring failure of mainstream economics to challenge the finance sector’s role – explained in part by the profession’s blind spot for the role of credit in the economy. We reject outright the method of drawing macroeconomic conclusions from microeconomic reasoning.

Skeptical Science

Scientific scepticism is healthy. Scientists should always challenge themselves to improve their understanding. Yet this isn’t what happens with climate change denial. Sceptics vigorously criticise any evidence that supports man-made global warming and yet embrace any argument, op-ed, blog or study that purports to refute global warming. This website gets sceptical about global warming scepticism. Do their arguments have any scientific basis? What does the peer reviewed scientific literature say?

Monbiot.com

Monbiot.com is the blog of the well known author George Monbiot. In his words “my job is to tell people what they don’t want to hear. That is not what I set out to do. I wanted only to cover the subjects I thought were interesting and important. But wherever I turned, I met a brick wall of denial.”

Real Climate

RealClimate is a commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists. We aim to provide a quick response to developing stories and provide the context sometimes missing in mainstream commentary. The discussion here is mostly restricted to scientific topics and will only rarely get involved in any political or economic implications of the science. All posts are signed by the author(s), except ‘group’ posts which are collective efforts from the whole team.

The Observatory of Economic Complexity

The OBSERVATORY of ECONOMIC COMPLEXITY (OEC) is a tool that allows users to quickly compose a visual narrative about countries and the products they exchange. It was Alexander Simoes’ Master Thesis in Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab, which you can read here. The project was conducted at The MIT Media Lab Macro Connections group. Alex’s Advisor was César A. Hidalgo, principal investigator of Macro Connections. Since its creation in 2010, the development of The Observatory of Economic Complexity has been supported by The MIT Media Lab consortia for undirected research.

Eurostat

Eurostat is an interactive European statistical atlas which covers areas such as economics and commerce, population and social conditions, industry trade and services, agriculture and fisheries, transport, science and technology and general regional statistics.

The World Bank

World Bank Open Data. Free and open access to global development data. The site is designed to make World Bank data easy to find, download, and use. All of the data found here can be used free of charge with minimal restrictions.

The Brexit Blog

Chris Grey is  Professor of Organization Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London, and was previously a professor at Cambridge University and Warwick University. His Blog is one of the most authoritative on Brexit and well worth following.

Scientists for the EU

Scientists for EU is a campaign by UK scientists to keep the UK in the EU. Science is vital for the UK’s economy and quality of life. Science is also at the heart of global, social challenges that face us all. They believe that we can achieve so much more good for the UK and the world from within the EU.

The UK in a Changing Europe

The UK in a Changing Europe promotes rigorous, high-quality and independent research into the complex and ever changing relationship between the UK and the European Union (EU). It provides an authoritative, non-partisan and impartial reference point for those looking for information, insights and analysis about UK-EU relations that stands aside from the politics surrounding the debate.

DiEM25

DiEM25 is a pan-European, cross-border movement of democrats. Europeans are losing their faith in the possibility of European solutions to European problems. At the same time as faith in the EU is waning, we see a rise of misanthropy, xenophobia and toxic nationalism. If this development is not stopped, we fear a return to the 1930s. That is why we have come together despite our diverse political traditions – Green, radical left, liberal – in order to repair the EU. The EU needs to become a realm of shared prosperity, peace and solidarity for all Europeans. We must act quickly, before the EU disintegrates.

Remain in France Together

We are a group of over 5500 UK citizens living in France, campaigning for the UK to remain in the EU and for the protection of the rights of UK citizens living in Europe after the referendum of June 2016. Equally, we support the rights of EU citizens living in the UK.

Expat Citizen Rights in EU

Our only aim is to work to protect the best interests of UK citizens living in the EU and EU citizens living in the UK following the British Referendum of 23 June 2016. Expat Citizen Rights in EU does not seek to make political points and does not support any political party or group. We do not campaign for ‘Remain’ or ‘Leave’. We just want the best outcome for expat citizens whatever the outcome of Brexit.

In Facts: Stop Destructive Brexit

In Facts is dedicated to making the most of post-referendum Britain – fighting against a destructive Brexit and campaigning to pull the UK together whether Brexit happens or not.

British in Europe: The Coalition of UK Citizens in Europe

British in Europe is the largest coalition group of British citizens living and working in Europe. So far they are made up of a dozen groups across the continent representing a membership of around 35.000 Brits working together to stand up for the rights of UK citizens in the EU and EU citizens in the UK.

The 3 Million

The 3 million EU citizens living in the UK are suffering because of the current uncertainty over their ability to continue to live their lives normally after exiting the European Union on 29 March 2019. hey came to the UK in good faith and have made the UK their home. They call on the negotiators on both sides to decouple citizens’ rights from the main Brexit negotiations and agree an early deal to secure the rights of EU citizens in the UK and Britons living in Europe.

The Irish Passport Blog

The Irish Passport is a podcast about the culture, history and politics of Ireland, by Naomi O’Leary and Tim Mc Inerney.

They tie current events to the history and culture that explain them. It’s your passport to Ireland.

Tim Mc Inerney is a lecturer in British and Irish cultural history at the Université Paris VIII, where he researches the links between race and noble tradition.

Naomi O’Leary is a journalist who has reported from Ireland, Italy, France, the UK and the Netherlands.

The Irish Economy

The aim of this website is to provide commentary, information,and intelligent discourse about the Irish economy.

Brexit Border Blog: Hard facts for harsh realities

An independent source of facts, news and analysis on the impact of Brexit on the island of Ireland from Fearghal McKinney (a former newspaper, radio and television reporter and presenter and served as an MLA in the Northern Ireland Assembly) and Séamus Murphy (background in financial journalism in Ireland and Scandinavia including a seven-year stint as editor of European Banker).

Slugger O'Toole

An award winning news and opinion portal, which takes a critical look at various strands of political politics in Ireland and Britain with a focus on NI. It tries to bring its readers ‘open source analysis’ from both the mainstream media and the blogosphere. And we are constantly on the look out for opportunities to add value to the debate of matters of regional, national and international concern.

Nevin Economic Research Institute

The Nevin Economic Research Institute, with offices in Dublin and Belfast, is a research organisation which, at its core, has a vision of the achievement of a better, fairer society. It aims are  to contribute towards the construction of alternative perspectives and possibilities that will lead to the creation of an economy that works for society. It is supported by a number of unions affiliated to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions external link.

Open Democracy: free thinking for the world

An independent global media platform publishing up to 60 articles a week and attracting over 8 million visits per year. Through reporting and analysis of social and political issues, openDemocracy seeks to challenge power and encourage democratic debate across the world. With human rights as our central guiding focus, we ask tough questions about freedom, justice and democracy.

Bright Green: Independent media for a radical, democratic, green movement

News and analysis for the green and progressive movement, and we’re one of Britain’s leading left wing blogs. Bright Green started out as Bright Green Scotland in 2010, branching out with a UK-wide Editorial team in 2014. We offer independent and radical news and comment from and about the green movement.

Private Eye

Private eye is Britian’s leading left-wing satirical magazine. Behind a pay well unfortunately.

The Guardian

The Guardian is the leading centrist newspaper in the UK. It is not behind a pay-wall and is a useful source of information.

Renegade INC: For those who think differently

Renegade Inc. provides its members with the content and connections that help navigate the ‘new normal’. Finding the people who are thinking differently about the world means we offer an alternative perspective on business, leadership, economics, education and the arts.

Vox Political - politics for the people

Blog from Mike Sivier, a newspaper reporter for the best part of 20 years now. He switched to freelance work in 2007 in order to become a carer for my girlfriend (who is disabled). He is interested in politics, with an emphasis on people rather than the movement of money – although he appreciates that knowledge of financial matters does help.

Politics.co.uk

The UK’s leading political news website among MPs and members of the public,with over 150,000 visitors a month, their team of journalists produce their stories from deep within the corridors of power in Westminster, where they were the first digital journalists to gain access to the lobby. Politics.co.uk is an impartial political website with no political affiliation.

Bella Caledonia

Bella Caledonia was formed in 2007 by Mike Small and Kevin Williamson as an online magazine combining political and cultural commentary. Bella is named after a character in Alasdair Gray’s Poor Things (1992). Like Bella we are looking for a publication and a movement that is innocent, vigorous and insatiably curious. Bella is aligned to no one and sees herself as the bastard child of parent publications too good for this world, from Calgacus to Red Herring, from Harpies & Quines to the Black Dwarf.

Common Weal

Common Weal is a vision of what Scotland can be if it rejects the failed Me-First politics that left us all in second place and instead builds a politics that puts All Of Us First.

Wee Ginger Dug

Scottish site run by Paul Kavanagh, formerly a full time carer in Glasgow. He gave up work to look after Andy (partner of 25 years), diagnosed with dementia in 2012 and required 24 hour care and attendance. Formerly lived in Spain, where we acquired the Dug and he was the editor and publisher of a monthly English language features magazine.

Wings Over Scotland

Wings Over Scotland is a Scottish political website, which focuses particularly on the media – whether mainstream print and broadcast organisations or the online and social-network community – as well as offering its own commentary and analysis.

The Green New Deal

The Green New Deal Group, drew inspiration from the tone of President Roosevelt’s comprehensive response to the Great Depression to propose a modernised version, a ‘Green New Deal’ designed to power a renewables revolution, create thousands of green-collar jobs and rein in the distorting power of the finance sector while making more low-cost capital available for pressing priorities.

The Fabian Society

The Fabian Society is Britain’s oldest political think tank. Founded in 1884, the Society is at the forefront of developing political ideas and public policy on the left.

Demos

Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. They produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events. They have spent over 20 years at the centre of the policy debate, with an overarching mission to bring politics closer to people.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is an independent organisation working to inspire social change through research, policy and practice. Their vision is for a prosperous UK without poverty, where everyone can thrive and contribute. Our comprehensive strategy – We can solve poverty in the UK – sets out recommendations for how this could be achieved.

The Equality Trust

The Equality Trust works to improve the quality of life in the UK by reducing economic inequality.

The Living Wage Foundation

The Living Wage Foundation is a pressure group which calculated the Wage needed for employees and there families to have a decent life. It is independently calculated every year.