Government & Parliament
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We Live in a Post‐Nolan Age, and Boris Johnson is its Embodiment
In the ‘post‐truth’ world, crises of legitimacy create space for demagogues to cast themselves as authentic speakers of truth to power.
- Conservative Party
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
- Sovereignty
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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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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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Is a Crisis of Trust Necessarily a Bad Thing?
In a so-called post-truth age, surely it should be recognised when people, leaders and institutions are actually untrustworthy?
- Populism
- USA
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- Progressive Politics
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Democracies Have Not Done Enough to Flush out Sexism
Democracies have not done anything like enough to ensure equal treatment becomes a reality.
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Equality
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Politics Has Turned Nasty. We Need a Return to Civility
We have to give people a feeling that democracy can deliver for them after a long period of it failing to do so.
- Parliament
- Brexit
- Labour Party
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- Progressive Politics
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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
