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Is the Current Political Climate Giving Small Parties a Stronger Voice in the House of Commons?
Traditionally, smaller parties have faced challenges when trying to get airtime in the House of Commons. But is there evidence that is changing?
- Political Parties
- Parliament
- Brexit
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A Second Brexit Referendum: The Myth of Popular Sovereignty
Brexit is an issue that combines the need for urgent practical decision making with profound questions about the value and meaning of democracy.
- Sovereignty
- Parliament
- Brexit
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A Second Brexit Referendum: The Problem of Constitutional Agency
The process of the leaving the EU by itself does not settle the question of the future relationship.
- Parliament
- Brexit
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Sovereignty, Delusion, and the Economics of Brexit
Most Brexit calculations ignore intangible and often immeasurable aspects of Britain’s geo-strategic power.
- Sovereignty
- Brexit
- Trade
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The Productivity Puzzle in Public Service Reform
The UK appears to be less efficient and effective than its neighbours.
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Equality
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Crowd Control: The New Politics of Population Growth
Fretting about world population growth has become politically risky over recent decades. Yet numbers are still rising.
- Environment & Climate Change
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The Planetary Health Diet Isn’t Much Use to People Living in Food Poverty
The high cost of this earth-friendly diet could be out of this world for many people.
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Environment & Climate Change
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Treating the Stansted 15 as Terrorists is Part of a Worrying Trend
Peaceful, non-violent protest is a vital part of our democracy.
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
- Courts
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Review: Reckless Opportunists. Elites at the End of the Establishment, by Aeron Davis
Davis has revealed the chaotic, profiteering vertigo of a rudderless system beyond government.
- Brexit
- Trade
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Review: Democracy in Chains. The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America, by Nancy MacLean
The story of the emergence of a branch of economics, or political economy, known as ‘public choice theory’.
- Populism
- USA
