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The Surprising Cost of Becoming a Parliamentary Candidate
The financial cost of seeking selection is higher than you might think, but seldom talked about.
- Political Parties
- Elections & Campaigning
- Equality
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Review: What's Left Now? The History and Future of Social Democracy, by Andrew Hindmoor
Andrew Hindmoor's monograph on the future prospects for British social democracy is one of the most important to have been written on the left for some years.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Media
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Victims of Crime Are Not Spectators of Justice
Offering victims a chance to move from spectator to participant in this process will improve the potential for impactful policy.
- Courts
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How the Right Undermined the State (and How the Left Let it Happen)
While the right attacks the state, the left has abandoned it without really thinking its position through. This pincer movement impacts negatively on us all.
- Political Parties
- Equality
- Progressive Politics
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The Conservative Party are at the Brink of a Civil War. What Might Happen Next?
Some thought after the 2016 referendum that the Conservatives had resolved their split over Europe. In fact, there may be worse to come.
- Conservative Party
- Elections & Campaigning
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"We’ve Ended up With Liberty for the Few, Rather Than for the Many": Interview with Timothy Garton Ash
Anya Pearson interviews Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies at Oxford University and Guardian columnist.
- Brexit
- Equality
- Populism
- Progressive Politics
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As Tory Brexiters Resign, the Labour Leadership Should Reconsider a People’s Vote
Labour may very soon may have to face the EU negotiators, and It is better to do so with the people (and People’s Vote) on its side.
- Conservative Party
- Elections & Campaigning
- Brexit
- Labour Party
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Why we Shouldn’t Expect Too Much From Prime Ministers
Anthony King thought and wrote a great deal about British prime ministers and political leadership.
- Parliament
- Brexit
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Our Brexit Preferences are Far More Complex Than Politicians Allow For
Political rhetoric loves a dichotomy. But do the views of the public mirror those of the politicians?
- Brexit
- Identity Politics
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The Twisted Path That Led us to a Crisis in Penal Policy
We are in the midst of the latest and perhaps most radical reconfiguration of the penal state in the UK.
- Equality
- Human Rights
- Courts
