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The Limited Success of Big Tech Lobbying in the EU
Investigating lobbying by US Big Tech with regard to the Digital Markets Act currently under consideration by the European Commission in Brussels.
- Trade
- Media
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Indian Islamophobia as Racism
The patterns of prejudice Indian Muslims face are best analysed through the lens of racism, even though they lack some features typically associated with racism in the West.
- Equality
- Racism & Antisemitism
- Decolonisation
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Why Our Governing Economic Model is at a Tipping Point
Macroeconomic policy in the UK and the USA has experienced two major periods of breakdown since the start of the twentieth century. But has a third period in the UK already begun?
- Trade
- USA
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Racisms and Antiracisms: Beyond Euro-Americancentricity
We need to extend beyond the US and Europe in how we think about and understand racism and antiracism.
- Equality
- Progressive Politics
- Racism & Antisemitism
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How Covid Changed Relations Between the UK Government and Private Providers
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the government used emergency legislation to change its relationship with private providers. This risks a permanent change in government-provider relations, to the detriment of the UK's contracting out framework.
- Trade
- Covid-19
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Why Scientific Advice About Covid-19 Was Ignored in Switzerland
Why did Swiss politics have so much trouble using scientific advice during a major national crisis?
- Covid-19
- Health, Education & Welfare
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Prawn Cocktails and Cold Shoulders
Labour leaderships have consistently sought to accommodate the City, while the Conservatives have defied it at important junctures.
- Political Parties
- Trade
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Are Voters Really Ignorant?
Falsehoods can, and often do, impair people’s understanding of politics. But they can also facilitate political understanding. This simple insight has profound implications.
- Constitution
- Parliament
- Voting systems
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UK Energy and Net Zero Transitions
Why have government-business relations and government capacity to act meant that the UK is not on track to achieve Net Zero by 2050?
- Conservative Party
- Trade
- Environment & Climate Change
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Opposition to Covid Vaccines Transcends Left/Right Divisions
Anti-vax views now extend across the political spectrum – a trend with worrying public health and political implications.
- Covid-19
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Media
