For forty years, privatisation was part of Britain’s economic consensus. That era is over, but what replaces it? #privatisation #economics #IndustrialStrategy #UKPolitics #Renationalisation #utilities jon-chadwick.com/2026/07/16/w...

US businesses have been refunded around $81 billion after Trump’s tariffs were ruled unlawful. So why didn’t American shoppers see prices fall? The answer says a great deal about how tariffs really work. #Trump #tariffs #economics #inflation #USEconomy #TradePolicy jon-chadwick.com/2026/07/15/t...

The biggest question about World Cup refereeing isn’t whether FIFA gives orders. It’s whether football’s financial incentives mean nobody has to. #WorldCup2026 #FIFA #football #messi #argentina #england #PremierLeague #championsleague #FootballEconomics jon-chadwick.com/2026/07/14/f...

God took Messi and Pele Mixed them up and made them one Called them Jude Bellingham Said “my work here is done” #judebellingham

The Durham Miners’ Gala and Horden represent very different County Durhams, but together they reveal what has happened to community, solidarity and civil society in Britain’s former mining towns. @durhamminersgala #DurhamMinersGala #northeast jon-chadwick.com/2026/07/12/h...

The traditional British seaside holiday was as much a victim of deindustrialisation as coal mines and shipyards. A history of works fortnight, and the towns left behind. #BritishSeaside #CoastalTowns #UKHistory #SocialHistory #Clacton #Tourism #Photography jon-chadwick.com/2026/07/11/t...

The British Israel movement is an obscure religious curiosity, but its ideas travelled from the British Empire to the Ku Klux Klan, Christian Identity and parts of modern Christian nationalism #britishisraelism #ChristianNationalism #PoliticsUK #religion #FarRight jon-chadwick.com/2026/07/09/b...

Food Security is being used by Reform councillors to oppose net zero, but it has an older and nastier history, and huge implications for immigration #agriculture #farming #immigration jon-chadwick.com/2026/07/07/r...

If you want some 4th July 250 anniversary USA quiz action here it is #quiz #usa #fourthofjuly jon-chadwick.com/2026/07/04/q...

As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, the 2026 World Cup offers a reminder that there are two competing visions of the country. Which America is the world really celebrating? #fourthofjuly #USA250 #WorldCup2026 #MAGA #USPolitics #IndependenceDay jon-chadwick.com/2026/07/04/a...

Getting ready for tonight #england

SpaceX is often held up as proof that free markets create innovation. Reality is more complex; government funding, defence contracts & industrial policy built 1 of the world’s most valuable companies #SpaceX #ElonMusk #AI #Economics jon-chadwick.com/2026/06/28/s...

Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference shows the networks of wealth, media, lobbyists & politicians blurring the boundaries between mainstream conservatives & the far right. #PoliticsUK #BritishPolitics #conservatism #ReformUK #jordanpeterson jon-chadwick.com/2026/06/27/a...

Last Saturday of the month, and it's quiz time #quiz jon-chadwick.com/2026/06/27/q...

Ten years after Brexit, Britain is angrier, more divided and less trusting than the country that voted to leave the EU. Brexit changed our relationship with Europe, but also our politics, culture and sense of ourselves. #Brexit #ReformUK #NigelFarage #PoliticsUK jon-chadwick.com/2026/06/25/h...

Britain is about to get its seventh prime minister in little more than a decade. Is this really about the failings of individual leaders, or has politics itself become ungovernable? #UKPolitics #KeirStarmer #Brexit #democracy #government jon-chadwick.com/2026/06/22/w...

Britain’s tax revenues are at their highest level since the Second World War, yet the average worker is relatively lightly taxed. Why are both the left and right looking for solutions that the maths doesn’t support? #Taxation #Economics #PublicSpending #UKPolitics jon-chadwick.com/2026/06/21/b...

The Makerfield by-election tells us something important about British politics. Changing leaders won’t solve Britain’s problems of social fragmentation & political distrust. #AndyBurnham #KeirStarmer #LabourParty #ReformUK #UKPolitics #BritishPolitics jon-chadwick.com/2026/06/19/a...

I went to a far-right rally to hear about the failure of immigrant integration. I found people disconnected from Britain immersed in an online world of fear, outrage and conspiracy. #Immigration #Integration #BritishPolitics #FarRight #SocialMedia #CultureWars jon-chadwick.com/2026/06/16/r...

The V&A East’s Music Is Black exhibition tells the story of how black music shaped modern Britain. It also raised questions about my generation - how did some of us grow up so differently? #MusicIsBlack #VAEast #TwoTone #TheSpecials #Ska #Windrush bbands.co.uk/music-is-bla...

For those who missed it (because it was buried in a blog) 12 questions on the World Cup #worldcup jon-chadwick.com/2026/06/13/q...

Crime in London has fallen massively, but people think that it has risen. Why did crime fall? Or did the Sweeney lie to us? #sadiqkhan #london #antmiddleton jon-chadwick.com/2026/06/13/w...

Southgate’s greatest achievement wasn't tactical. It was convincing England that history doesn’t have to be a prison. Politics, football, patriotism and the stories nations tell about themselves. #England #GarethSouthgate #ThreeLions #WorldCup #EnglishIdentity jon-chadwick.com/2026/06/11/t...

I finally got to watch Reform councillors in action at Durham County Council. Away from social media, they look boring & conventional. Less insurgency, moreofficer reports and badger mitigation strategies. #ReformUK #DurhamCountyCouncil #LocalGovernment #Politics jon-chadwick.com/2026/06/09/r...

The people throwing bricks in Sunderland & Southampton are dont' act in a vacuum. Behind every riot is an ecosystem of politicians, influencers, & Facebook groups priming people for outrage. #UKPolitics #ReformUK #NigelFarage #FarRight #SocialMedia #Riots jon-chadwick.com/2026/06/07/t...

The UK is making rapid progress towards net zero, but we aren't building industries to take advantage of the change. We are still scared of industrial policy #netzero jon-chadwick.com/2026/06/04/n...

Small boat crossings are falling, deaths in the Channel are falling, and there is little evidence of displacement into other illegal routes. So why is nobody talking about it? #Immigration #SmallBoats #Asylum #Migration #Politics #Brexit #ChannelCrossings #UKPolitics jon-chadwick.com/2026/06/02/s...

Reform councillors defunded Pride, Trades Unions and ordinary people stepped up to make it better than ever. Some photos of the day #Pride #DurhamPride jon-chadwick.com/2026/05/31/d...

Billingham, Redcar and the Barber boom. The last in my series on new towns in the North East #newtowns #billingham #redcar #conservatives jon-chadwick.com/2026/05/30/a...

Last Saturday of the month and, as always, it's quiz time! jon-chadwick.com/2026/05/30/m...

I used to drive past Redcar steelworks every morning. Britain has now quietly nationalised its last virgin steel producer — and hardly anyone seems to have noticed. #BritishSteel #IndustrialPolicy #scunthorpe #Redcar #teesside #EconomicPolicy #UKPolitics #NetZero jon-chadwick.com/2026/05/28/b...

What happens when we are the immigrants? Do we expect other countries to be more tolerant than we are? #immigration #spain #britsabroad jon-chadwick.com/2026/05/26/w...

Some photographs around England jon-chadwick.com/2026/05/25/e...

T. Dan Smith was corrupt but he was right. Newcastle became the regional capital he imagined, while Killingworth slowly lost the social world they were built for. Part two of my journey through the North East’s post-war new towns. #TDanSmith #Newcastle #brutalism jon-chadwick.com/2026/05/23/t...

Britain’s economy is still growing while immigration falls sharply. Is GDP per capita rising faster than we realise, or does the UK needs less migration than we assumed? #UKEconomy #EconomicGrowth #immigration #gdppercapita #productivity #UKPoliticss #RachelReeves jon-chadwick.com/2026/05/22/i...

Reform UK says it wants to save Britain’s pubs. But what if its policies end up helping Wetherspoons more than struggling independents? The economics of beer, tax cuts and market power. #Pubs #Wetherspoons #ReformUK #Politics #Economics #Hospitality #TaxPolicy jon-chadwick.com/2026/05/19/s...

The buildings survived. The jobs survived. So why do County Durham’s new towns feel politically and socially fractured? A new series begins in Peterlee and Newton Aycliffe. #CountyDurham #NewTowns #Peterlee #NewtonAycliffe #ReformUK #NorthEastEngland #Politics jon-chadwick.com/2026/05/16/c...

Is AI getting smarter or stupider? We use it more and more, but is it becoming less reliable? #AI #artificialintelligence jon-chadwick.com/2026/05/14/i...

Is Labour really the party of the elite? Premier League football clubs, Michelin stars to Russell Group universities, Britain’s cultural capital increasingly overlaps with Labour Britain #Labour #ReformUK #BritishPolitics #UKPolitics #CultureWars #PoliticalEconomy jon-chadwick.com/2026/05/12/w...

The response to the local elections is hysteria. Labour did no worse than most parties 2 years in, Reform did well but are miles away from winning a General Election. Social media has infantilised us. #LocalElections #ReformUK #NigelFarage #Labour #UKPolitics jon-chadwick.com/2026/05/09/r...

We don't think of BT as a failed privatised utility, like the water companies, but it has a lot in common. Time to nationalise it again? #BT #Nationalisation #privatisation jon-chadwick.com/2026/05/07/b...

jonchadwick2644 1m Sunderland has changed—but not everywhere, can Reform UK win here? The final part of my East Coast journey. #Sunderland #ReformUK #LocalElections #UKPolitics #NorthEast #RegionalInequality jon-chadwick.com/2026/05/04/e...

Something a bit different for the Bank Holiday. Some photos of libraries and books. #Library #rarebooks jon-chadwick.com/2026/05/03/i...

My tour of the East Coast reaches it's penultimate stage, and the first real City. #ReformUK #hull #HullCity #LocalElections jon-chadwick.com/2026/05/02/e...

Another big fall in small boat crossings that the media won’t talk about #smallboats #immigration #asylumseekers jon-chadwick.com/2026/04/30/s...

Reform gets it's massive funding from abroad, using a loop hole in electoral law #Farage #NigelFarage #ReformUK #ElectoralFraud jon-chadwick.com/2025/12/09/r...

Starmer was never going to lose the Mandelson vote, but the reaction to it tells you a lot about how the press, civil service and politics really work, and who thinks they run the country #ukpolitics #starmer #Mandelson #CivilService #Media #politicsnews jon-chadwick.com/2026/04/29/s...

Reform want to persuade us to let them run local Councils around the UK. But how have they performed in Kent, their flagship Council? #ReformUK #NigelFarage #LocalElections jon-chadwick.com/2026/04/28/k...

Redcar’s industry hasn’t disappeared — it’s just been hidden away behind fences and out of sight. The town's civic life is stronger than ever #Redcar #UKPolitics #Economics #Industry #PostIndustrial #NorthEast jon-chadwick.com/2026/04/25/r...

Hartlepool is often written off as a town in decline, but its economy and civic life tell a more complicated story. #Hartlepool #Politics #Economics #PostIndustrial #NorthEast #LabourMarket #CivicIdentity jon-chadwick.com/2026/04/25/h...