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The Consequences of Boris Johnson’s Assault on the British Political System
Boris Johnson’s behaviour has raised serious questions about the continued successful functioning of the UK’s unwritten constitution.
- Conservative Party
- Populism
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The Politics of Unpolitics
Populism combines fetishisation of ‘the people’ and demonisation of ‘elites’. Unpolitics reminds us that these are connected; that politics itself is corrupting.
- Populism
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The Future of British Political History
How can historians maintain an effective presence in public debate about politics in Britain? And how should historians position themselves when political history is losing ground among British academic historians?
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Media
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His(Tory): why British History needs Conservatives
What benefits might more openly conservative-inclined academics bring the profession?
- Labour Party
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Social Democracy’s Muted Revival
What is the place of social democracy in the post-pandemic era, and the economic crisis that has followed in its wake?
- Progressive Politics
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Bringing the Emigration State Back In
For the past two centuries emigration has played constitutive part in making the modern British state. So why isn't it discussed more widely in history and politics?
- Immigration
- Racism & Antisemitism
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Towards a New Ireland
Achieving a united Ireland worth having will require a massive amount of work, patience, compromise and imagination, but it can be achieved.
- Brexit
- Ireland
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Diversifying British Political History
What might the diversification of British political history look like?
- Racism & Antisemitism
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The Problem of Writing the History of New Labour
New Labour presents acute problems for the historian.
- Labour Party
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The Politics of Race and the Future of British Political History
The field of British political history is ‘methodologically white’. Black history and critical studies of race offer an antidote.
- Racism & Antisemitism
