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After the Election: Where Now?
We are now all being wise after the event. It seems so obvious that this was an election that the Conservatives were likely to win.
- Conservative Party
- Elections & Campaigning
- Labour Party
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Business and Labour
If Labour offers policies to attract the votes of the non-wealthy, the wealthy are not likely to be favourably impressed. That’s just how partisan politics works.
- Trade
- Labour Party
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The Mould Broken
The mould has finally broken. Politics in Britain can no longer be fitted into its traditional shape.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Devolution
- Scotland
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Territorial Politics After the Scottish 'No'
The Scottish referendum has been and gone, and attention has turned quickly to the prospect of another referendum, on Europe.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Devolution
- Scotland
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Broken Politics?
There is plenty of evidence to suggest that, if not quite broken, the Westminster political system is near to breaking point.
- Political Parties
- Elections & Campaigning
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The End of an Era in Pension Reform
The Financial Times (20 March) called it ‘the biggest pensions revolution for almost a century’ but their timing is a few decades out.
- Trade
- Health, Education & Welfare
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Breaking Britain?
It turns out that breaking up is not so very hard to do.
- Political Parties
- Devolution
- Scotland
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The Problem at No 10
Ever since George Osborne’s catastrophe-strewn budget in the spring, Cameron has looked like a man pulled apart by events, not in charge of them.
- Conservative Party
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Making Sense of Snowden
Perhaps the most shocking revelation to emerge from the publication of the US National Security Agency (NSA) and GCHQ documents is that Britain appears not to be shocked at all.
- USA
- Courts
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Reflections on One Nation Labour
One Nation Labour remains a work in progress. But its success or failure will be clear in less than two years.
- Labour Party
