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The UK should be proud to help refugees where it can
13 May 2015
Theresa May has rejected the new EU scheme that seeks to distribute refugees fairly across the EU. Much like the UNHCR scheme to resettle Syrian refugees, the UK will not take part. However, unlike the UN scheme, the EU scheme...
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Labour’s fightback will be harder than we can yet imagine
8 May 2015
David Cameron may have returned to Downing Street with a thin majority, but Labour must not kid itself. Coming back from this defeat will be very hard. The road to recovery will be far tougher than the route Labour has...
Continue ReadingStrong minority governments can deal with other parties
1 May 2015
New Zealand has successfully transitioned to multi-party politics with the introduction of proportional representation in the mid-1990s. Since 1996 the country has been led by one coalition majority, three coalition minorities, and four minority governments. The lesson from the South...
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Fifteen for 2015: Wes Streeting – Honesty is the best policy
1 May 2015
In politics, is it where you’ve come from or where you’re going that counts? Too often politicians are judged or even dismissed out of hand for coming from a certain background. Those that don’t fit the mould ‘don’t have what it...
Continue ReadingFifteen for 2015: Will Martindale – Running for Battersea
30 April 2015
After arriving to meet Will Martindale at the busy Battersea Labour office, it is immediately clear that there is no time for rest or downtime in the final weeks of the general election campaign. Multi-tasking is a pre-requisite for any...
Continue ReadingFifteen for 2015: Steve Race – Socialist of the south-west
29 April 2015
Few MPs deserve to be kicked out of parliament more than Hugo Swire. The Conservative representative for East Devon was recently caught on camera by Channel 4’s Dispatches programme joking that benefit claimants could afford to donate thousands of pounds...
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