Political Ideas
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David Marquand’s Intellectual and Political Legacy
David Marquand, who died in April 2024, was a prominent figure in late 20th century British politics. This collection is devoted to analysing, criticising and celebrating his political and academic contributions. Different articles concentrate on his historiography, the tension between liberalism and socialism, political economy, communitarianism, the dilemmas of choosing between loyalty to organizations and to values, as well as reminiscences of Marquand’s own contributions to practical politics.
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Revisionism as Statecraft: David Marquand, the SDP Split and the Politics of Community
Addressing a surprisingly neglected aspect of David Marquand's intellectual development: his career as a politician.
- Progressive Politics
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“We can combine control and compassion. We don't have to choose between them”: Interview with Sunder Katwala
Anya Pearson interviews Sunder Katwala, the director of British Future, on issues of immigration, identity, and race.
- Conservative Party
- Equality
- Populism
- Racism & Antisemitism
- Labour Party
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Review: Orwell's Ghosts. Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century, by Laura Beers
Few writers are as clear and as misunderstood as Orwell.
- Progressive Politics
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Review: What Does Israel Fear from Palestine? by Raja Shehadeh
Israel's catastrophic failures.
- Human Rights
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Review: Fragile Victory. The Making and Unmaking of Liberal Order
Liberalism: A view from America.
- Progressive Politics
- USA
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Beveridge’s Wager
'Misery generates hate' ran the epigraph of William Beveridge’s 1944 report Full Employment in a Free Society.
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Equality
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Review: Left Is Not Woke, by Susan Neiman
Why each kind of wokeness now experiences its own oppressed minority like a separate ‘tribe’.
- Identity Politics
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Review: The Ukraine War & the Eurasian World Order, by Glenn Diesen
Diesen's conclusion is optimistic and pessimistic in equal measure.
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"The European Union isn’t sentimental and won’t make concessions": Interview with Anand Menon
Anya Pearson interviews Professor Anand Menon, Director of the academic think tank UK in a Changing Europe.
- Conservative Party
- Political Parties
- Elections & Campaigning
- Labour Party
