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The Guardian and Press Reform
In the decade 2008–18, between the phone hacking scandal and the cancellation of part two of the Leveson Inquiry, the editorial position of The Guardian on press regulation changed markedly.
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- Elections & Campaigning
- Media
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Targets, Trust and COVID-19 Testing
The debacle around the government's target of 100,000 tests per day exemplifies many of the challenges – and paradoxes – generated by the use of quantitative targets.
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- Covid-19
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Meritocracy: How Did a Nightmarish Vision of the Future Become so Influential?
Sixty years after its publication, Michael Young’s The Rise of the Meritocracy remains one of Britain’s most influential, yet widely misunderstood, political texts.
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- Health, Education & Welfare
- Equality
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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.
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- Elections & Campaigning
- Labour Party
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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.
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- Devolution
- Labour Party
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Light and Shadows: The RHI Scandal and the Temptations of Secrecy
While openness can shed light on some areas, it can also create shadows and shade to hide in.
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- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
- Ireland
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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?
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- Elections & Campaigning
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Lebanon Protests: Why a WhatsApp Tax Sparked a Political Movement
There are deeper undercurrents that explain why the protests in Lebanon are happening.
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- Media
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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.
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- Elections & Campaigning
- Brexit
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What Could True Majority Rule Look Like?
Democracy is a system of majority rule, but that raises the question of what majority rule actually means.
- Political Parties
- Elections & Campaigning
- Brexit
