Parties & Elections
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A Mountain to Climb: Labour Together's 2019 Election Review
No one can accuse this review of not taking the scale of Labour's 2019 defeat seriously. It rarely, however, takes sides—preferring to admonish all involved.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Labour Party
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Why Did Labour's Grassroots Switch From Jeremy Corbyn to Keir Starmer?
The scale of Keir Starmer’s victory in the Labour leadership election suggests a significant shift in opinion has taken place among the party’s grassroots members.
- Voting systems
- Labour Party
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Has Labour Really Lost the Working Class?
In the aftermath of Labour’s general election defeat, a new conventional wisdom has rapidly taken hold: Labour, increasingly middle class and out of touch, has been abandoned by its traditional working class base.
- Political Parties
- Elections & Campaigning
- Labour Party
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Brexit, the 2019 General Election and the Realignment of British Politics
What was the impact of Brexit on the 2019 general election result? The outcome of the 2019 general election delivered a decisive electoral verdict for the first time in years following a period where British politics had been characterised by instability.
- Conservative Party
- Political Parties
- Elections & Campaigning
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Lisa Nandy Says Social Conservatism is a Labour Tradition. She's Wrong
Of all the candidates vying for the party leadership, Lisa Nandy appears to have put the most thought into why Labour was so badly beaten in the general election.
- Political Parties
- Devolution
- Labour Party
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The Worst British Prime Minister Ever?
Step forward, David Cameron.
- Conservative Party
- Brexit
- Equality
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Antisemitism – the Touchstone Issue for the Next Labour leader
Antisemitism has become one of the campaign’s defining issues, as it was in the 2019 general election.
- Racism & Antisemitism
- Labour Party
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The Labour Leadership Election: Getting it Together
On closer investigation the disagreement between left and right is less about policy, and more about entitlement.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Labour Party
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Why Did Labour Lose the General Election? Understanding the Deeper Trends
The clock struck ten and the red wall crumbled, and in came the blue tide.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Labour Party
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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
