Government & Parliament
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Is the Current Political Climate Giving Small Parties a Stronger Voice in the House of Commons?
Traditionally, smaller parties have faced challenges when trying to get airtime in the House of Commons. But is there evidence that is changing?
- Political Parties
- Parliament
- Brexit
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A Second Brexit Referendum: The Myth of Popular Sovereignty
Brexit is an issue that combines the need for urgent practical decision making with profound questions about the value and meaning of democracy.
- Sovereignty
- Parliament
- Brexit
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A Second Brexit Referendum: The Problem of Constitutional Agency
The process of the leaving the EU by itself does not settle the question of the future relationship.
- Parliament
- Brexit
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Review: Democracy in Chains. The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America, by Nancy MacLean
The story of the emergence of a branch of economics, or political economy, known as ‘public choice theory’.
- Populism
- USA
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Review: My Life, Our Times, by Gordon Brown
History is likely to be kind to his memory.
- Labour Party
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Brexit and the Nations
The central promise of the Brexit campaign was to ‘take back control’—to restore British sovereignty. This morphed into the sovereignty of the British people, but both notions suggest that sovereignty is to be located in one place: Westminster.
- Constitution
- Sovereignty
- Brexit
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Regional Government Isn't the Answer to the UK's Constitutional Unsettlement
Challenging attempts to address the problem of asymmetry through a system of regional government in England.
- Devolution
- Constitution
- Brexit
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Is South Korea as Leftist as it Gets?
South Korea is undergoing an unprecedented turn to the left, led by President Moon Jae‐in.
- Trade
- Progressive Politics
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Two Things John Major and Theresa May Have in Common
With the benefit of hindsight and the observation of contemporary events, we can make specific comparisons.
- Conservative Party
- Parliament
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This Summer has Shaken up Welsh Politics. Here's Your Guide to What's Going on
What's happening is unprecedented in Welsh politics.
- Political Parties
- Elections & Campaigning
- Wales
