Parties & Elections
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- Political Parties
- Elections & Campaigning
- Ireland
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The Rise of the Middle Ground in Northern Ireland: What does it Mean?
How the Alliance Party, as the largest of Northern Ireland's middle ground parties, has navigated the Brexit period and with what effect.
- Brexit
- Ireland
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How Labour's Two Sides Might be Reconciled
The solution is surely to identify substantive policy overlaps between the two sides that would enable both factions to feel that they have gained a victory.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Progressive Politics
- Labour Party
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Why Spanish Politics is Becoming More Polarised
In Spain, left and right stand far apart, questioning each other’s legitimacy to govern as the extreme right gains. Secessionist forces in Catalonia challenge the state. The population is increasingly divided into two hostile groupings.
- Political Parties
- Constitution
- Populism
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Are Voters Really Ignorant?
Falsehoods can, and often do, impair people’s understanding of politics. But they can also facilitate political understanding. This simple insight has profound implications.
- Constitution
- Parliament
- Voting systems
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Northern Ireland once again stands at the crossroads
With Brexit, the Protocol and upcoming elections, Northern Ireland once again stands at a crossroads.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Ireland
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An open letter to Conservative MPs
The Conservatives' continued support for Boris Johnson despite his Fixed Penalty Notice from the Metropolitan Police comes at a cost to democracy itself.
- Conservative Party
- Parliament
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Power at all costs: Twenty years of Erdoğan
Democratic norms have never been sacred to President Erdoğan. The last two decades give ample reason to believe he will seek to preserve his power at all costs.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Populism
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Do the Conservatives believe in social mobility?
The Conservatives have reconceptualised what social mobility means to them. It's an audacious idea and, politically, it may be a smart one.
- Conservative Party
- Equality
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The 2021 Metro Mayors Elections: Localism Rebooted?
A new political institution has been added to subnational governance in England: ‘metro mayors’. What is their evolving role, and in what way – if at all – are they making an impact?
- Elections & Campaigning
- Devolution
