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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

June 2021

  • An Extinction Rebellion banner reads ‘G7 Act Now’ on a beach at St Ives, on Sunday.

    This G7 reflects our G-zero world, ruled by self-interest instead of global ambition

    Tom Kibasi
    Those nations with the capacity to project globally are acting parochially, says the writer and researcher Tom Kibasi

March 2021

  • UK and US flags line the Mall.

    Biden's tariffs threat shows how far Brexit Britain is from controlling its own destiny

    Tom Kibasi
  • Budget 2021

    The panel
    Budget 2021: the verdict on Rishi Sunak's plans

    Gaby Hinsliff, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Katy Balls and Tom Kibasi

February 2021

  • BRITAIN-HEALTH-VIRUS-POLITICS<br>A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows leader of the opposition Labour party, Keir Starmer attending Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) at the House of Commons, in central London on February 10, 2021. (Photo by JESSICA TAYLOR / various sources / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SATIRICAL, ADVERTISING PURPOSES - MANDATORY CREDIT “ AFP PHOTO / Jessica Taylor /UK Parliament” (Photo by JESSICA TAYLOR/AFP via Getty Images)

    Keir Starmer's leadership needs an urgent course correction

    Tom Kibasi
    I helped elect the Labour leader, but his first year has seen an unnecessary war on the left, says Tom Kibasi

January 2021

  • Buzz Aldrin on the moon, 20 July 1969.

    Mission Economy by Mariana Mazzucato review – the return of the state

    The pandemic has shown the limits of the market ... a book that takes its cue from the Apollo 11 mission is full of vital ideas for progressives who want to change capitalism

December 2020

  • The PM visits the JCB construction company in December 2019.

    The threat of a no-deal Brexit was nothing more than a hoax

    Tom Kibasi
    The imaginary doomsday scenario was never credible to the EU but was a powerful force to shape UK domestic politics, says politics and economics writer Tom Kibasi
  • Boris Johnson

    At long last we have a Brexit deal – and it's as bad as you thought

    Tom Kibasi
    This barely-there treaty that will make trade harder and destroy jobs. Labour should oppose it, says Tom Kibasi, a writer on politics and economics
  • Belgium Brussels Eu Uk Meeting Brexit - 09 Dec 2020<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock (11472332a) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (R) talks with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson before their meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Dec. 9, 2020. The European Union (EU) and Britain will come to a decision on a post-Brexit trade deal by the end of the coming weekend, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tweeted Wednesday evening after meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Brussels. Belgium Brussels Eu Uk Meeting Brexit - 09 Dec 2020

    Never mind the Brexit deadline drama – the shape of our bad deal is clear

    Tom Kibasi
    Unlike almost every trade agreement in history, a UK-EU one will result in more friction and less cooperation than before, says Tom Kibasi, a writer on politics and economics

November 2020

  • Rishi Sunak leaves No 11 Downing Street to deliver his spending review

    We needed long-term spending and higher taxes. Rishi Sunak gave us foreign aid cuts

    Tom Kibasi
    The chancellor’s review included opportunities for Tory cronies and a bid for No 10. But not what really matters, says politics writer Tom Kibasi
  • Rishi Sunak Delivers the Summer Statement<br>LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 08, 2020: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leaves 11 Downing Street in central London to deliver the Summer Statement in the House of Commons on 08 July, 2020 in London, England. The Chancellor is due to set out the details of the next stage of governments plan to secure the economic recovery following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.- PHOTOGRAPH BY Wiktor Szymanowicz / Barcroft Studios / Future Publishing (Photo credit should read Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

    Some have prospered during Covid – it’s time they paid their fair share

    Tom Kibasi
    From big tech windfalls to taxing wealth in the same way we tax income, reforms are way overdue, says Tom Kibasi, a researcher on politics and economics
  • Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend Prime Minister’s Questions, at the Houses of Parliament, London, in September 2020

    Johnson’s dithering has doubled this lockdown. We will all pay the price

    Tom Kibasi
    The prime minister either did not understand what scientists told him about Covid, or he ignored it for political reasons, says writer and researcher Tom Kibasi

October 2020

  • Chancellor Rishi Sunak puts an 'eat out to help out' sticker in a window

    Boris Johnson is no socialist. But his big spending will make Labour's job harder

    Tom Kibasi
    Ballooning Tory spending does nothing to redistribute wealth, says the writer and researcher Tom Kibasi
  • Customers in a Manchester pub watch Rishi Sunak announce on 9 October 2020 that he will pay two thirds of the wages of hospitality staff

    Austerity is a zombie ideology. It's time to bury it once and for all

    Tom Kibasi
    Even the IMF believes that fiscal restraint is not the right way to deal with pandemic debt – but the UK can’t seem to move on, says researcher Tom Kibasi
  • rishi sunak

    Sunak must realise that job coaches are useless when there are no jobs to be had

    Tom Kibasi
    The chancellor’s party conference speech was remarkable only for its paucity of ideas, says Tom Kibasi, a writer and researcher

September 2020

  • Head of NHS Test and Trace Dido Harding on 17 September after appearing before the Commons science and technology committee to give evidence on the Covid-19 testing regime.

    The pandemic has exposed how weak the state is after 10 years of Tory misrule

    Tom Kibasi
    We’re paying the price for a foolish ideology that sees government as an obstacle, says writer Tom Kibasi
  • Relatives wearing protective suits bury the body of a person who died of Covid-19 , New Delhi, India September 2020.

    The global scale of the coronavirus disaster demands a global response

    Tom Kibasi
    Just as world leaders came together after the second world war, now we need to create a new framework for health security, says writer and researcher on politics and economics Tom Kibasi
  • Boris Johnson

    Brexit is the stage on which Boris Johnson acts out his theatre of provocation

    Tom Kibasi
    The prime minister deliberately sows division and chaos, casting himself as the man who can cut through it all, says Tom Kibasi, a writer and researcher on politics and economics

March 2020

  • Rishi Sunak announces the new measures at a press conference on Friday afternoon.

    At last, Rishi Sunak has delivered a fitting response to coronavirus

    Tom Kibasi
    The government has put the economy on life support. But the self-employed and renters need more help, says economics writer Tom Kibasi
  • The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, speaking at a media briefing in Downing Street, London.

    As this crisis engulfs UK business, Sunak's 'whatever it takes' is falling far short

    Tom Kibasi
    The economy is in a nosedive. New and radical steps must be considered if it is ever to recover, says writer and researcher Tom Kibasi
  • Number 11 Downing Street

    The panel
    2020 budget: the Guardian panel’s verdict

    Polly Toynbee, Katy Balls, Tom Kibasi and Miatta Fahnbulleh
    Rishi Sunak delivered his first budget in extraordinary circumstances. What do the measures he announced mean? Political commentators Polly Toynbee, Katy Balls, Tom Kibasi and Miatta Fahnbulleh discuss
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