1. Governing in Hard Times Conference: Constraints and Strategy with Nick Thomas-Symonds MP
- Author:
- Lyndsey Jenkins, Nick Thomas-Symonds, Nick Pearce, and Alan Finlayson
- Publication Date:
- 06-2023
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
- Abstract:
- In this introductory session, Nick Thomas-Symonds MP delivered a keynote address on the Labour Party's strategy for government and the lessons that Keir Starmer and the current Shadow Cabinet can learn from previous Labour governments. This was followed by responses from Professor Nick Pearce and Professor Alan Finlayson on the institutional and economic constraints that a future centre-left administration will face and how it might navigate its first difficult months in office. Chair: Dr Lyndsey Jenkins (Deputy Director of the Mile End Institute) Panel: Nick Thomas-Symonds MP (MP for Torfaen and Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade) Professor Nick Pearce (Director of the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath) Professor Alan Finlayson (Professor of Political and Social Theory at the University of East Anglia)
- Topic:
- Economics, Governance, Domestic Politics, Labour Party, and Center Left
- Political Geography:
- United Kingdom and Europe