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Tom Kibasi

Tom Kibasi is a writer and researcher on politics and economics, and former director of the Institute for Public Policy Research

September 2019

  • Jeremy Corbyn at a rally in Salford.

    Labour cannot out-remain the Lib Dems. Thankfully, it doesn’t need to

    Tom Kibasi
    It need not be a one-dimensional party defined by Brexit. Here’s how Jeremy Corbyn can resolve the crisis, says Tom Kibasi, director of the Institute for Public Policy Research
  • Tom Watson

    Tom Watson is wrong. We need an election first – and then a second referendum

    Tom Kibasi
    Only after voters decide which party should govern them should they be presented with a Brexit poll, says director of the Institute for Public Policy Research, Tom Kibasi
  • Votes at the House of Commons<br>epa07815654 A handout photo made available by the UK Parliament shows the Tellers preparing to announce the vote result during a session in the House of Commons in London, Britain, 03 September 2019British MPs voted 328 to 321 to take control of the parliamentary agendy to prevent a no-deal Brexit from Prime Minister Boris Johnson. EPA/JESSICA TAYLOR / UK PARLIAMENT / HANDOUT MANDATORY CREDIT: UK PARLIAMENT / JESSICA TAYLOR HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

    Boris Johnson's blustering strategy has fallen at the first hurdle

    Tom Kibasi
    The prime minister risks getting the election he wants but the result he fears, says Tom Kibasi, director of the Institute for Public Policy Research

August 2019

  • ‘Boris Johnson’s real objective is to use Brexit to win a general election, rather than use a general election to secure Brexit.’

    Boris Johnson’s intention is clear: he wants a ‘people v parliament’ election

    Tom Kibasi
    The prime minister’s plan to prorogue parliament is a nakedly populist move, says Tom Kibasi, director of the Institute for Public Policy Research

July 2019

  • Boris Johnson

    Think Johnson's 'blue terror' reshuffle means a no-deal exit? Think again

    Tom Kibasi
    The prime minister’s ERG-stuffed cabinet might end up keeping us in customs union and single market
  • Boris Johnson

    The panel
    The next prime minister will be Boris Johnson. What now? Our panel responds

    Martha Gill, Gary Younge, Isabel Hardman, Tom Kibasi and Brigid Laffan
    As the new Conservative leader prepares to enter Downing Street, his plans for Brexit will meet reality head-on, say Martha Gill and others
  • Boris Johnson

    Does Boris Johnson believe he can hoodwink the nation on Brexit?

    Tom Kibasi
    Johnson’s Brexit plans are almost as hard to assess as his lack of principles – he believes in neither leave nor remain, says Tom Kibasi

June 2019

  • Tory leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson has endured several media and PR challenges this week.

    Politics Weekly UK
    A bad week for Boris Johnson – Politics Weekly podcast

  • The remaining five contenders in the contest for leader of the Conservative party: Boris Johnson, Sajid Javid, Jeremy Hunt, Rory Stewart and Michael Gove

    Johnson might be a dead cert for Tory leader but Stewart has reshaped the race

    Tom Kibasi
  • Conservative Party leadership candidate Boris Johnson at the launch of his campaign in London<br>Conservative Party leadership candidate Boris Johnson gestures as he talks during the launch of his campaign in London, Britain June 12, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

    Ignore Boris Johnson’s bluster about Brexit. He wants a general election

    Tom Kibasi
  • Labour party candidate Lisa Forbes speaks after winning the Peterborough byelection 6 June 2019.

    The panel
    What can we learn from the Brexit party’s narrow defeat in Peterborough? Our panel responds

    Rafael Behr, Caroline Lucas, Tom Kibasi and Maya Goodfellow

May 2019

  • Nigel Farage in London after the EU election results.

    Nigel Farage’s victory gives him the whip hand over British politics

    Tom Kibasi
    The left must fight the no-deal crash-out pushed by the Brexit party leader, says Tom Kibasi, Institute for Public Policy Research
  • Theresa May delivering a speech on 21 May

    May's offer was neither 'new' nor bold. It will be her final failure

    Tom Kibasi
    From customs to workers’ rights, nothing has changed – meaning it is unlikely to win any MPs round, writes IPPR director Tom Kibasi

    • Talks between Labour and the Tories on Brexit have broken down. So what next?

      Tom Kibasi

    • If Labour really wants to move on, it has to back a second referendum

      Tom Kibasi

    • A Tory/Labour Brexit deal is further away than ever. Here’s why

      Tom Kibasi

April 2019

  • Theresa May

    The EU’s new October extension finishes off May and her deal

    Tom Kibasi
  • Jeremy Corbyn on Wednesday morning.

    Is May’s offer to Labour sincere? Here’s why the answer is probably not

    Tom Kibasi

March 2019

  • Theresa May speaking in parliament in January 2019.

    What the withdrawal agreement ‘separation’ actually means for Brexit

    Tom Kibasi
  • Theresa May speaks in parliament following the vote on Brexit in London.

    Could Theresa May lose her way to a final Brexit victory?

    Tom Kibasi
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