City Politicos: Counting Down to UK 2024 Election

In the final episode of the podcast Ian Pace, Michael Ben-Gad, Konstantin Vossing, Lise Butler, and Eric Harrison reflect on the results of the election. They revisit their early forecasts about the outcome; hear from Eric about how closely the polls predicted the election results; ask what kind of challenges will face the new Labour government; and ask whether the results of the recent election i...

This episode is hosted by Professor Chris Rojek, Head of the Department of Sociology and Criminology at City. He is joined by Professor Ian Pace, Professor of Music, Culture and Society, and special guest Dr Eric Harrison, Deputy Director of the European Social Survey, which is based at City. He gives some detail about the techniques used by opinion pollsters and outlines some of the contingencies...

This episode is hosted by Professor Ian Pace, Professor of Music, Culture and Society, with guests Professor Charles Lees, Dean of the School of Policy and Global Affairs, and Professor Michael Ben-Gad, Professor of Economics. They discuss the aftermath of the US Presidential Debate and the implications of the US election for a new British government, how the new prevalence of social media affects...

In this episode Prof. Charlie Lees chairs a discussion with Prof. Michael Ben Gad and Dr. Konstantin Vossing. They assess the UK election campaign as we approach the last week, get diverted by Joe Biden’s calamitous performance in the TV debate with Donald Trump, and speculate as to how a future Labour-led UK will navigate an increasingly unpredictable international scene. On the way, they discuss...

In this episode Lise Butler and Chris Rojek speak to Professor Richard Sennett, Centennial Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics. They discuss his most recent book, The Performer: Art, Life, Politics, asking what kind of performance is at play in the current election; how the next government should resolve the housing crisis; and whether the major political parties have a clear...

This episode is hosted by Ian Pace, Professor of Music, Culture and Society at City, with special guest Stephen Pollard, editor-at-large of The Jewish Chronicle, as well as regular participants Chris Rojek, Head of the Department of Sociology and Criminology, and Michael Ben-Gad, Professor of Economics. They discuss Stephen's trajectory from researcher to Peter Shore and policy advisor to New Labo...

In this episode Professor Michael Ben-Gad and Professor Chris Rojek look at recent polling. They remain sceptical of new projections that Labour will achieve a majority of over one hundred seats, but nonetheless as good Bayesians, update their priors. They then discuss the Labour manifesto. Is growth feasible? Is it desirable? Macroeconomists struggle to understand which policies might generate su...

In this episode we welcome our guest contributor Dr Joanna Williams, academic, author and journalist. Joanna is a columnist for Spiked and a regular contributor to the Times. Her most recent book is How Woke Won. Joanna talks to Professor Michael Ben-Gad and Professor Ian Pace about the shift in UK politics from a focus on the concerns of ordinary working people, in favour of an identity politics...

In this episode we welcome our guest contributor Professor Tim Bale (Queen Mary, University of London) who talks with Professor Charles Lees about why the media’s use of Vox Pops is a waste of time and also how the Prime Minister’s week badly unravelled, following his unexpectedly strong performance in the first Leadership Debate on Tuesday. We ask what on earth where he and his team thinking when...

The third episode of City Politicos’ 2024 Election podcast is hosted by Chris Rojek, Professor of Sociology and Head of the Department of Sociology and Criminology at City, University of London. He is joined by Michael Ben-Gad, Professor of Economics, and Ian Pace, Professor of Music, Culture and Society. They discuss the effect of voting of Nigel Farage’s return to organized politics. What are th...

The second episode of City Politicos' 2024 Election Podcast is hosted by Ian Pace, Professor of Music, Culture and Society at City, University of London, and coordinator of this podcast. He is joined by Dr Lise Butler, Senior Lecturer in Modern History, and Konstantin Vössing, Reader in International Politics. They discuss the situations of Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbott, the polls predicting a hu...

The starting pistols have been fired for the UK 2024 general election. In the first episode of City Politicos: Counting Down to the UK 2024 Election, academics from the School of Policy and Global Affairs at City, University of London, discuss the questions that face the country five weeks before the general election. Are the Tories making policy on the fly, and how seriously should we take their...