Conservative Party
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The Pork Barrel Politics of the Towns Fund
On 27 July 2019 Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced The Towns Fund, a £3.6 billion scheme designed to improve transport and communications infrastructure in English towns.
- Conservative Party
- Elections & Campaigning
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The New Political Divides at the 2019 Election
Small groups of potential swing voters play a fundamental role in UK elections. The Conservative campaign message targeted a relatively small number of Labour voters prepared to switch.
- Conservative Party
- Political Parties
- Brexit
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Any Illusions About the Conservatives Being Swept From Office Should be Abandoned Now
Some commonplace beliefs about the Conservative party have been tested over the last few months and most of them look wobbly.
- Conservative Party
- Elections & Campaigning
- Covid-19
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Embracing Risk and Taking the Blame
Brexit was a hugely risky policy, but one which, in Michael Gove’s eyes, has re-engaged the electorate and combated public disillusionment.
- Conservative Party
- Brexit
- Covid-19
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The Politics of Covid-19
How the British government has communicated with the public and what it has communicated have played a major part in determining how citizens have behaved during the Covid‐19 pandemic.
- Conservative Party
- Covid-19
- Media
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The Deadly Legacy of Cummings’s Triumph
As an expert on game theory, Dominic Cummings will be aware of the concept of moral hazard – that if individuals are protected against bearing the negative consequences of risky actions they take, they will push higher risks.
- Conservative Party
- Covid-19
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Cummings, Cognitive Bias, and the NHS
While we decipher early signals on what the new government will bring, Dominic Cummings’ blog has become a must-read.
- Conservative Party
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Media
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The Worst British Prime Minister Ever?
Step forward, David Cameron.
- Conservative Party
- Brexit
- Equality
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We Live in a Post‐Nolan Age, and Boris Johnson is its Embodiment
In the ‘post‐truth’ world, crises of legitimacy create space for demagogues to cast themselves as authentic speakers of truth to power.
- Conservative Party
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
- Sovereignty
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The 2019 General Election: What's Trust Got to do With it?
Does being trustworthy not matter anymore? Can you win, and not be trusted or trustworthy?
- Conservative Party
- Brexit
- Labour Party
