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Choosing the Conservative Leader: a View from History
Casting doubt on the efficacy of Conservative leadership election rules.
- Conservative Party
- Political Parties
- Voting systems
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Review: Winston Churchill. His Times, His Crimes, by Tariq Ali
There's no doubt that this new book on Churchill is a demolition job.
- Populism
- Decolonisation
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What can the Basque Country Teach the UK About Levelling up?
How have devolved powers been used to transform and sustain the economy in one of the most economically successful regions in Europe: the Basque Country?
- Devolution
- Trade
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Why Strike Ballots are Undemocratic
New legislation governing strike ballots now requires that a majority of members vote. This has some surprising consequences.
- Work & Trade Unions
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Review: NHS under Siege. The Fight to Save it in the Age of Covid, by John Lister and Jacky Davis
Britons of all persuasions routinely describe their country’s institutions as the best in the world and would insist that its levels of corruption are the very lowest. How government tackled the pandemic suggests that the latter needs some review.
- Covid-19
- Health, Education & Welfare
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Can Gordon Brown and Keir Starmer Save the UK?
Opportunities don’t come around very often, so let’s hope Labour is able to seize this one.
- Devolution
- Labour Party
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Labour's ‘Everyday Economy’: Why, How, and for Whom?
Does the Labour party have the appetite to turn ideas of the 'everyday economy' into a broader agenda for structural reform?
- Work & Trade Unions
- Equality
- Labour Party
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A Second Scottish Independence Referendum: Should the Diaspora get a Vote?
What does the Scottish diaspora think about Scottish independence and voting rights?
- Elections & Campaigning
- Sovereignty
- Scotland
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State Censorship of BBC docuseries on Modi is an Attack on the Indian Constitution
With the recent release of the BBC’s docuseries ‘The Modi Question’, there has been an uproar within India and among Indians living abroad.
- Media
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The Pandemic Brought the Vulnerabilities of Local Government into Sharp Focus
What were the responses of local government during the pandemic? What do these responses reveal about the resilience of local government?
- Covid-19
- Health, Education & Welfare
