Joseph Dinnage

It’s a testament to strange times when Tony Blair is seen to be talking sense – particularly when it comes to issues facing the young. But his recent intervention was a welcome one. Appearing on the ‘Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future’ podcast, the former Prime Minister touched on the growing tendency for young people to […]

It is said that nature abhors a vacuum. In politics, no organisation knows this better right now than the Conservative Party. Between 2010 and 2024, much was airily promised by successive Tory Prime Ministers – and not enough was delivered. Under David Cameron, immigration was to be brought down to the ‘tens of thousands’. The […]

One of the great benefits of working in think tank world is that you can have genuinely robust conversations in the office. From euthanasia to the price of a pint, there are few topics I haven’t debated at some point with a colleague sat opposite me.  While enjoyable, I understand that not all working environments […]

One of the great benefits of working in think tank world is that you can have genuinely robust conversations in the office. From euthanasia to the price of a pint, there are few topics I haven’t debated at some point with a colleague sat opposite me.  While enjoyable, I understand that not all working environments […]

Apart from confirming Dominic Sandbrook’s brilliance, the coverage of Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election told us much about the changing state of world politics and political punditry. For starters, a great lump of the commentariat couldn’t quite adjust themselves to the reality that a great number of Americans do not see the […]

Apart from confirming Dominic Sandbrook’s brilliance, the coverage of Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election told us much about the changing state of world politics and political punditry. For starters, a great lump of the commentariat couldn’t quite adjust themselves to the reality that a great number of Americans do not see the […]

In the age of the identity crisis, it can be difficult to know where you stand. Am I a man? On balance, probably. Am I white? I’m sure I’m guilty enough to be. Am I a ‘working person’? Apparently that’s also a matter of contention. In yet another attempt to justify the tsunami of tax […]

In the age of the identity crisis, it can be difficult to know where you stand. Am I a man? On balance, probably. Am I white? I’m sure I’m guilty enough to be. Am I a ‘working person’? Apparently that’s also a matter of contention. In yet another attempt to justify the tsunami of tax […]

It feels as though barely a day goes by without a flurry of headlines warning us about our lifestyles. One day we’re too fat, the next we drink too much and the day after that we’re told we’re vaping to excess. All of this bad news can be dizzying, and the challenge of replacing our […]

It feels as though barely a day goes by without a flurry of headlines warning us about our lifestyles. One day we’re too fat, the next we drink too much and the day after that we’re told we’re vaping to excess. All of this bad news can be dizzying, and the challenge of replacing our […]