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Questions of Sovereignty: Redefining Politics in Scotland?
Is a struggle between sovereigntists and unionists the inevitable new politics? Not necessarily.
- Devolution
- Sovereignty
- Scotland
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Scotland: A More European people?
Europeanism is not in the original DNA of the Scottish National Party. Yet the now-ruling SNP is reconnecting with an old European allegiance as an alternative to being part of the UK. Is this alternative feasible?
- Devolution
- Brexit
- Scotland
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Review: Modern Epidemics from the Spanish Flu to Covid-19, by Salvador Macip
Salvador Macip has written an accessible survey of pandemics, charting warnings and lessons for future pandemics and the survival of the human species.
- Covid-19
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Beware Economists Bearing Policy Proposals
The 2011 Dilnot Commission proposed a cap on long-term care costs. Now that Andrew Dilnot is back on the airwaves defending the cap, it is opportune to explore the problem once more.
- Trade
- Equality
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“There is a Deeply Entrenched Assumption That England Doesn’t Need its Own Institutions or Voice:" Interview with Michael Kenny
Anya Pearson interviews Michael Kenny, Inaugural Director of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, about winning the 2021 Bernard Crick Prize.
- Devolution
- Parliament
- Brexit
- Covid-19
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Ploughed Under? Labour’s Grassroots Post-Corbyn
A significant number of Labour members could leave as a result of Corbyn being replaced by Starmer, but whether this will have much impact on Labour’s electoral prospects is debatable.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Labour Party
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Why Wouldn't They Be Reconciled? Corbyn's Leadership and the Recalcitrance of the Parliamentary Labour Party
The most plausible explanation for MPs’ opposition to Corbyn is simply a lack of material motivation.
- Labour Party
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Sovereignty, Legislative Supremacy and Devolution
There are two possible interpretations of the sovereignty of parliament: parliamentary sovereignty and parliamentary legislative supremacy. A failure to appreciate this distinction obfuscates constitutional debates.
- Devolution
- Sovereignty
- Parliament
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Will Pork Barrel Politics Keep the Conservatives in Power?
The pork barrel strategy will not sink the government, but its new politics of place will struggle to deliver on its promises.
- Conservative Party
- Trade
- Health, Education & Welfare
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Populism, Hegemony and Agency: Left Economics after Corbynism
Labour's election defeat in December 2019 provided the opportunity for a fundamental rethinking of economic and political strategy of a kind that failed to take place during Corbyn's era.
- Labour Party
