[1] He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he read history and graduated with BA and PhD degrees.
[2] He then joined the faculty of Harvard University, where he teaches as the Frank G. Thomson Professor of Government.
[5] In a 17 July, 2017 talk at the Policy Exchange entitled "Brexit: A Prize in Reach for the Left," Tuck advocates for a "genuine Brexit followed by a Labour government" that would both tactically "stall the movement towards independence in Scotland" and politically allow Britain to enact leftist policies, free from the "far-reaching restrictions which the EU imposes on traditional socialism.
In contrast, he cautions against European Union (EU)'s imposition of neo-liberal structures that meet right-wing goals.
Tuck criticises the technocratic elite, and regards Brexit referendum as the expression of democratic sovereignty.