Richard Carr (born 23 February 1985) is a historian, political commentator and academic. He has been a lecturer in history at

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since 2013 having previously served as a Research Fellow and Senior Visiting Fellow at

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Localis and as a lecturer at the

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. Carr has written or edited three books on modern British politics, namely those dealing with

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ex-servicemen after the

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, the modern Conservative Party, and an analysis of One Nation politics both in historical and contemporary contexts. He is also a regular political commentator, having written essays for

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, Labour List,

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, and

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. In May 2015 he appeared on Radio 4's

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discussing the impact social media had had on the 2015 General Election. In 2012 he authored the report ''Credit Where Credit's Due'' for the think tank Localis backed by

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and

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, and he has lectured in support of One Nation politics. In 2014 he co-authored a series of essays on localism for the

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. In 2015 he was a member of

's Labour History department. He participated in the department's Research Unit's study of the popularity of Labour party policies, and has been frequently quoted in news reports about this and other aspects of department's research. In 2016 he was widely quoted in the national press claiming Labour leadership candidate

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was 'best placed to connect with the wider electorate' but that his rival

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would likely win the ongoing contest.

Selected publications

Books

*''Veteran MPs and Conservative politics in the aftermath of the Great War: The Memory of All That'' (Ashgate, 2013), PhD *''One Nation Britain: History, the Progressive Tradition, and Practical Ideas for Today's Politicians'' (Ashgate, 2014) *''The Global 1920s: Politics, Economics, and Society'' (with Bradley W. Hart, Routledge, 2016)

Edited volumes

* (co-editor with Bradley W. Hart, 1 August 2013)"First UKIP councillor for Stortford as Peter Burrows beats Tory into second place for town seat"
''Herts & Essex Observer'' May 23, 2014

References

External links

*
Essays at the Fabian Society website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carr, Richard 1985 births Living people Academics of the University of East Anglia British historians