Duncan Bowie
Duncan Bowie was a senior lecturer at University of Westminster. His most recent books are Radical Solutions to the Housing Supply Crisis (Policy Press) and a history of the Left in Oxford. He is Chartist Reviews Editor.
The challenges of leadership
Successful candidates for Labour leader and deputy have huge tasks to overcome. Rebuilding electoral support and overcoming party divisions are two central challenges among others set out by Duncan Bowie as a guide to selection.
Retrospect and prospects
In anger as well as sadness Duncan Bowie reflects on failure and lost opportunities
Their history
Duncan Bowie considers previous Tory divisions and sees nothing new about nationalism and protectionism
GE2019: the Labour Party Election Manifesto – a radical departure
Duncan Bowie says this Labour manifesto is reassuringly clear with a credible plan for a democratic socialist Britain in the world. Let’s get behind the policies
End the Corbyn fandom – towards a pluralist socialism
In the face of a hard-right Johnson premiership, Duncan Bowie underlines the urgency of Labour getting its house in order
Just as we might be winning the anti-Brexit case
Duncan Bowie regrets the recent resignations
Seven Labour MPs are resigning for very different reasons - some...
Labour and Brexit: time to get real
While the Tories created the Brexit shambles Labour’s line on getting a better deal is unworkable. It’s time to come out...
Local government on the brink
Duncan Bowie explains how eight years of an austerity straitjacket has pushed many councils to the verge of collapse. But does Labour have an...
Two cheers for Labour housing polic
Mind the gaps says Duncan Bowie but the new policy does put social housing back centre stage.
About two weeks before the local elections, Jeromy...
Housing and the Budget
The budget has been widely referred to as ‘the housing budget’. The big announcement, left to the end of Hammond’s long budget speech, was...
Grenfell fire – an indictment of government
Grenfell fire – an indictment of government
Duncan Bowie sees the Grenfell Tower fire as a consequence of multiple failures
One of the key functions of...