Richard Carr is an Associate Professor in Public Policy and Strategy at Anglia Ruskin University. Previously, he worked in the think tank and public policy sphere. He is the author of several books including Alice in Westminster: The Political Life of Alice Bacon (2016, co-authored with Rachel Reeves MP), March of the Moderates: Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, and the Rebirth of Progressive Politics (2019) and Britain and Ireland from the Treaty to the Troubles: Independence and Interdependence, c.1921-1973 (2025). He writes in a purely personal capacity.