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Local Leaflets: Constituency Issue Messaging at the 2024 General Election
Analysis of more than 1,600 election leaflets from all the mainstream parties.
- Elections & Campaigning
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Senedd Reform: From Aspiration to Cold-Headed Reality?
Why the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill marks a key point of departure.
- Devolution
- Constitution
- Wales
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Change and Continuity in British Politics: Can the Starmer Government's Approach to Governance Resolve the Crisis in the British State without Radical Reform?
The key dilemmas that will confront the new Labour administration during its initial period in power.
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
- Labour Party
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The Forthcoming General Election in the Republic of Ireland: Winds of (Left-Wing) Change or Plus Ça Change?
Commentary on a consequential General Election for the Republic of Ireland.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Ireland
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Centralised by Design: Anglocentric Constitutionalism, Accountability and the Failure of English Devolution
English devolution is a manifesto commitment, but Labour cannot deliver it through reliance on current or past policies.
- Devolution
- Constitution
- Labour Party
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The Changing Face of Allotments: Findings from a Comprehensive Birmingham Study
The allotment movement has substantial potential but it remains a neglected backwater.
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Environment & Climate Change
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Playing the System: Electoral Bias in the 2024 UK General Election
Putting the relative Conservative-Labour bias at the 2024 election into a longer historical perspective.
- Conservative Party
- Voting systems
- Labour Party
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Using Research to Improve Policing post Casey—and Why that Might not Happen
How can more and better evidence help policing now?
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The Economic Competence of the Labour Party in Historical Perspective
What are the historical roots of the relationship between the Labour Party and economic competence?
- Conservative Party
- Labour Party
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Left Conservatism: Sahra Wagenknecht's Challenge to the German Party System
Reviewing the record of Germany’s current coalition government.
- Political Parties
