Elections & Campaigning
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Have Labour ‘Moderates’ Taken the Right Lessons From the Past?
For Labour to not disintegrate over the next decade, its past and present leaders must be more honest and less divisive.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Labour Party
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Labour's Worst General Election Result Since 1935 Doesn't Foretell Attlee-Style Triumph
It's been said that because Clement Attlee presided over that 1935 defeat, all is not lost for Labour. If anyone is consoled by that thought, open a history book.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Labour Party
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Democratic Reform in the UK: Bold Moves Needed to Restore Trust in Politics
Trust in politics is low, yet candidates are campaigning to win the public’s confidence – and with it, their votes. Could democratic reform in the UK be the answer?
- Political Parties
- Elections & Campaigning
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Orientation and Training for New MPs in Canada and the UK
Orientation and training for new MPs is of vital importance in helping them to make the transition from electoral candidates to elected members.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Parliament
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Hong Kong Protests: Why Are People Demonstrating? How we Surveyed Protestors
Who are Hong Kong's protestors, and how might a survey of such a complex and evolving protest be carried out?
- Elections & Campaigning
- Human Rights
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Review: Inside the Mind of Marine Le Pen, by Michel Eltchaninoff
Michel Eltchaninoff's new book offers a timely and original look at the Le Pen phenomenon from the perspective of her thought processes.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Populism
- Feminism & Gender
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A Crisis for Both Parties
Watching the Conservative leadership campaign would be an entertaining spectator sport, were it not that the winner will be prime minister.
- Political Parties
- Elections & Campaigning
- Brexit
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The Five Stages of Democratic Grief
Fast forwarding to acceptance would make it easier for political institutions to catch up with a digital society.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Brexit
- Media
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What Could True Majority Rule Look Like?
Democracy is a system of majority rule, but that raises the question of what majority rule actually means.
- Political Parties
- Elections & Campaigning
- Brexit
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Rethinking Democracy
Democratic politics is under attack on several fronts and in a range of places. There is much to discuss and to rethink.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Brexit
- Media
