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Welfare Reform by Numbers
Talking as if the financial markets are the only audience will not only lose the next election, but has lost the government control of Parliament in the meantime.
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Equality
- Labour Party
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Not Too Unrealistic a Future of Liberal Democracy: A Reflection on the Self-Coup Attempt in South Korea
The South Korean insurrection serves as a disturbing reminder of the challenges that liberal democracies face.
- Political Parties
- Populism
- Progressive Politics
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Multicultural Nationalism: Saving the White Working-Class From Blue Labour?
Labour's apparent revival of ‘Blue Labour’ social conservatism reflects a zero-sum logic that fails to reconcile the party's diverse electoral coalition.
- Equality
- Populism
- Labour Party
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Review: America's Fatal Leap 1991–2016, by Paul W. Schroeder
The threat from America: Donald Sassoon reviews a collection on Schroeder's articles on US foreign policy.
- Populism
- USA
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The Flag that Does Not Exist—Yet? Imagining a New Symbol in Northern Ireland
Exploring the absence of a symbol that might be expected to exist—a unifying official flag in Northern Ireland.
- Ireland
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“The Way Labour Talks About Immigration is a Big Mistake”: Interview with James Hampshire
Anya Pearson interviews James Hampshire, winner of the 2025 Crick Prize, on the political economy of immigration policy since Brexit.
- Conservative Party
- Work & Trade Unions
- Brexit
- Labour Party
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Can We All Belong?
Insights from the The Political Quarterly Conversation 'Can We All Belong?' at the Orwell Festival.
- Immigration
- Identity Politics
- Labour Party
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Fixing the ‘Polycrisis’ in Local Government Finance
Radical changes are needed for local government.
- Devolution
- Progressive Politics
- Labour Party
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Stop in the Law of the Name! Nominative Lawmaking, Populism, and Justice
Naming of a law after a person – nominative lawmaking - appears to be something of a growing trend in the UK.
- Populism
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Housing as the Fifth Pillar of the Welfare State: Why Spain Needs Structural Reform
The structural causes of the housing crisis in Spain.
- Equality
