Government & Parliament
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- Labour Party
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History Suggests Treasury Control is Sometimes for the Best
Why the failures of Concorde and British-designed nuclear reactors serve as a reminder of what can happen when the ‘Treasury view’ is sidelined.
- Progressive Politics
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Review: Making Speeches. The Speechmaking of Margaret Thatcher, 1975–1990, by Tom Hurst
The Iron Lady's political speeches.
- Conservative Party
- Elections & Campaigning
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What People get Wrong about Fiscal Devolution
If fiscal devolution is the answer for English local government, what is the question?
- Devolution
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London Calling? The Mayor of London at 25
As the London mayoralty passes its twenty-five-year anniversary, has it been a success?
- Devolution
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Why Constitutionalism Erodes: Lessons from Slovakia
Using the Slovak case, this article shows the key role of political party leaders’ constitutional entrepreneurship in the erosion of constitutionalism.
- Constitution
- Populism
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Turkey Under Erdoğan: An Increasingly Impotent State
How the tragedy of the 6 February earthquakes exposed Turkey’s institutional weaknesses.
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
- Populism
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Different Process, Same Outcome? The Representative Problems of Within-Party Sortition
Against the case for a ‘sortition of candidature’ to create a socially representative Parliament.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Parliament
- Equality
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From Transparency to Deliberation: How to Reform Lobbying
Making lobbying more deliberative can save democracy and improve the quality of policymaking. Here are three solutions to make it happen.
- Parliament
- Progressive Politics
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Less Confrontation, a Little More Cooperation Please – Public Polling on Intergovernmental Relations Ahead of Scottish and Welsh Elections
New polling reveals the policy priorities of the public in both Scotland and Wales, including significant support for governments to be seen as co-operating.
- Devolution
- Scotland
- Wales
- Ireland
