Blog
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An open letter to Conservative MPs
The Conservatives' continued support for Boris Johnson despite his Fixed Penalty Notice from the Metropolitan Police comes at a cost to democracy itself.
- Conservative Party
- Parliament
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Power at all costs: Twenty years of Erdoğan
Democratic norms have never been sacred to President Erdoğan. The last two decades give ample reason to believe he will seek to preserve his power at all costs.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Populism
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With Putin’s Invasion, the EU has a Golden Opportunity to Reinforce the Rule of Law to Member States
The rule of law is one of the fundamental values of the European Union, and a prerequisite for the protection of all the other values of the Union, including for fundamental rights and democracy. 2021 may have been its bumpiest year yet.
- Equality
- Human Rights
- Courts
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NATO is Revived, but Challenges Remain
Future-proofing NATO will mean demonstrating its relevance to a range of threats, challenges, and policy issue areas, across domains, and geographical directions.
- Progressive Politics
- Decolonisation
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Prison Labour is Rationalised as Rehabilitation. Here's the Truth
While prison labour has a long history, the immediate roots of this utilisation of prisoners as a contingent labour force can be traced back to the Coalition government formed in 2010.
- Work & Trade Unions
- Progressive Politics
- Human Rights
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Rape Conviction Rates are Abysmally Low. What Needs to be Done?
Why is the state failing to prosecute primarily male violence against women and girls? What needs to be done to fix our broken justice system? Some of the key issues regarding prosecutions for rape and similar offences.
- Constitution
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Courts
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Regulatory Opportunities Come with Potential Costs for Post Brexit UK Services
Whilst there are opportunities to tailor regulation to the UK economy, it is important to recognise the potential costs, that diverging from the EU on regulatory reform may give rise to.
- Brexit
- Trade
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The Waste Commons
Rubbish belongs to the poor because they have maintained customary access to it over decades as a way of sustaining themselves. Is waste as a form of urban commons?
- Environment & Climate Change
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Why Motherhood is Intensely Political
Despite decades of further social progress, motherhood has become a politics-free zone. Yet the truth is that motherhood is intensely, yet covertly, politicised.
- Progressive Politics
- Feminism & Gender
- USA
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Liberty After Neoliberalism
The Covid pandemic has raised hard questions about liberty and the role of the state – and many Conservatives have been discomfited by the answers that their own government has given.
- Conservative Party
- Political Parties
- Constitution
