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"The Closest You Can Get to the Truth of What Happened is a Multisided Account": Interview with Norma Percy
Anya Pearson speaks to documentary film-maker and producer Norma Percy.
- Brexit
- Feminism & Gender
- Media
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Is a Crisis of Trust Necessarily a Bad Thing?
In a so-called post-truth age, surely it should be recognised when people, leaders and institutions are actually untrustworthy?
- Populism
- USA
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Backstop Abandoned: What Does the Future Hold for Northern Ireland?
The future for Northern Ireland – and the Irish Backstop – appears increasingly uncertain.
- Immigration
- Brexit
- Ireland
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The Rise of the “Sexually Modern Nativists” in the Far Right
With support for populists at an all-time high, it is crucial that we understand who exactly these parties attract, and why.
- Immigration
- Progressive Politics
- Feminism & Gender
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Review: The Rise of Neoliberal Feminism, by Catherine Rottenberg
Catherine Rottenberg’s book engages intensively and critically with texts that demand women ‘do better and work harder’.
- Progressive Politics
- Feminism & Gender
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Seven Things to Consider Before Setting up a Public Inquiry
What are the very basic questions that ministers and potential inquiry chairs absolutely should consider before setting up or agreeing to run a public inquiry?
- Trade
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Courts
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Navigating Labour's New Constitutional Position in the Lords
Exploring how the powers of a conservative House can be used for progressive ends.
- Courts
- Labour Party
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The Politics of Human Rights: A Response to Lord Sumption’s Reith Lectures
How convincing is the historical account that underpins Sumption’s argument?
- Human Rights
- Courts
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Brexit and Nostalgia: Who are the Optimists in a Xenophobic World?
Pessimistic nostalgia is the prevailing mood among the supporters of Brexit, of Donald Trump, and of the various other xenophobic movements.
- Brexit
- Populism
- USA
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Postgraduate National tests are the Only Solution to University Degree Hyper-Inflation
A relatively new addition to the British summer calendar, joining Royal Ascot and Wimbledon, is the public revelation of another year of hyper-inflation in university degree marking.
- Health, Education & Welfare
