CCMR Presents 'The State We're In!' - a series of seminars

Twenty years ago Will Hutton published his seminal work The State We’re In, which brilliantly analysed the condition of Britain, and especially its economy, at the time. It also provided a blueprint for the wholesale modernisation of the county of the country. Written towards the end of the long period of uninterrupted Tor rule, which began with Mrs Thatcher’s government in 1979, it was widely seen as providing the basis for Tony Blair’s ‘New Labour’, although in retrospect it could be argued that many of Hutton’s more radical proposals were either watered down or ignored altogether by the government which took power in 1997.

Twenty Years after the publication of Will Hutton's seminal book, this ground breaking series sees two leading thinkers come together to discuss some of the key issues facing Britain today.

Tuesday 7 October - 5pm
Elective dictatorship? Parliament
Professor Will Self, Professor of Contemporary Thought, Brunel University London
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Mansfield College Oxford

Tuesday 21 October - 5pm
Economics; the very dark science
Vicky Pryce, Former Joint Chief Economist, HM Government
Jonathan Portes, Director, National Institute of Economic Social Research

Tuesday 28 October - 5pm
The State is Now in Us
Anthony Barnett, Founder, openDemocracy
Paul Lashmar, Journalism Programme Leader, Brunel University London

Tuesday 4 November - 5pm
Power Without Responsibility? The British Press
John Lloyd, FT and Reuters Institute
Professor James Curran, Goldsmith's University London

Tuesday 18 November - 5pm
Does Class Still Matter in the State We’re In
Ross McKibbin, St John’s College Oxford

Tuesday 25 November - 5pm
The State We’re in Now
Will Hutton, Principal, Hertford College Oxford
Professor Julian Petley, Screen Media and Journalism, Brunel University London