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Dan Evans

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Dan Evans is a sociologist and author. His latest book is A Nation of Shopkeepers: The Unstoppable Rise of the Petite Bourgeoisie

January 2025

  • A residential street with a large steel works in the distance.

    Forget the ‘red wall’: the ‘graduate without a future’ is the voter politicians need to woo

    Dan Evans
    Downwardly mobile graduates are arguably becoming the UK’s electoral kingmakers – and could spur a political revolution, says sociologist Dan Evans

July 2024

  • Keir Starmer during a visit to the Window Supply Company in Bathgate, Scotland on 21 June 2024.

    Starmer may be the son of a toolmaker, but he speaks for a very different class – and that’s a problem for Labour

    Dan Evans
    There is a new ‘professional, managerial class’ running the party, and it has a complex relationship with the working class, says author Dan Evans

January 2024

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    Forget everything you thought you knew about British politics. In 2024, we’re in the age of chaos

    Dan Evans
    ‘Essex man’, ‘Stevenage woman’, ‘red wall’ – labelling voters like this is completely misguided, says author Dan Evans