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Regulatory Opportunities Come with Potential Costs for Post Brexit UK Services
Whilst there are opportunities to tailor regulation to the UK economy, it is important to recognise the potential costs, that diverging from the EU on regulatory reform may give rise to.
- Brexit
- Trade
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‘Would I lie to you?’: Boris Johnson in the House of Commons
Does Johnson’s general propensity to lie, and his specific inclination to lie to Parliament, matter? The answer is: yes.
- Conservative Party
- Constitution
- Parliament
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The Idea that Female Politicians are More ‘Civilised’ is not Grounded in Reality
Widespread beliefs about women's more cooperative and civil political discourse are not substantiated by research.
- Equality
- Progressive Politics
- Feminism & Gender
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The Waste Commons
Rubbish belongs to the poor because they have maintained customary access to it over decades as a way of sustaining themselves. Is waste as a form of urban commons?
- Environment & Climate Change
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Why Motherhood is Intensely Political
Despite decades of further social progress, motherhood has become a politics-free zone. Yet the truth is that motherhood is intensely, yet covertly, politicised.
- Progressive Politics
- Feminism & Gender
- USA
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The Future of Northern Ireland: the Role of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement Institutions
Since the 2016 Brexit referendum a series of crises has gripped Northern Ireland's politics. This has had a destabilising effect across society, which has arguably been felt most acutely by political unionism.
- Brexit
- Ireland
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Green Capitalists and Green Anti-Capitalists are on the Same Side – For Now
Green capitalists and green anti-capitalists will have to be on the same side if they are to prevail and prevent the worst ravages of global heating for which we are currently on course.
- Political Parties
- Environment & Climate Change
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Why Cynicism Over COP26 is Misplaced
Cynicism about the achievements of the conference is misplaced (if understandable) because it was the most that could have been agreed, according to its own terms.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Environment & Climate Change
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The Case of Azeem Rafiq Points to a Long History of Racial Thinking in Cricket
Cricket's racialised cultural conflicts, originating in the colonial period, help us to understand more recent cases such as that of Azeem Rafiq.
- Racism & Antisemitism
- Sport
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Liberty After Neoliberalism
The Covid pandemic has raised hard questions about liberty and the role of the state – and many Conservatives have been discomfited by the answers that their own government has given.
- Conservative Party
- Political Parties
- Constitution
