Reining in big business?
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The new prime minister has suggested putting employee representatives on company boards. But how serious is she about the idea?
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Whoever the next Labour leader is, they’ll need to crack on with doing something if the party is to shed its increasingly toxic label.
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Britain’s new leader is on solid ground politically but she is going to need a very good Chancellor on her team.
Malcolm Turnbull campaigned on promises of a stable government – but given the Coalition’s slim victory, this may not be possible.
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To understand how Australia’s political uncertainty is being seen elsewhere, we reconvened our panel of experts from the UK, US, Indonesia and NZ to respond to the election results.
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Theresa May has been the longest-serving home secretary since the 19th century, but her tenure is distinctive for other reasons, too.
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The Conservative leadership candidate opened a door onto her home life and it ended her professional prospects.
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After the party leadership contest came to an abrupt end, the home secretary is to become the country’s second woman leader.
A win for feminism?
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Are women only selected for leadership when (and only when) there is a high risk of failure?
Shoot for the queen, you better not miss.
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Leadsom thought voters would still identify with her as a mum first and a politician second. May knew everyone else has moved with the times.
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The party members didn’t get a chance to choose their new leader, but their blessing is still important.
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What has the Chilcot Inquiry actually achieved? Here’s what the experts had to say.
Without democratic reform, the time ahead for both Britain and the EU looks bleak indeed.
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The Brexit vote was the outcome of the disillusionment and disengagement that have permeated the UK. Many Europeans share that mood, which is why both the UK and EU need radical democratic surgery.
Theresa May: in pole position to be the next PM.
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Theresa May is now firm favourite to be the next PM – but she has to see off Andrea Leadsom in a contest to secure support from the Tory party faithful.
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The anti-war movement was visible everywhere in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq – but it made fundamental mistakes that hamstrung its campaign.
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After voting no confidence in leader Jeremy Corbyn, angry MPs should think about forming an SDP-style alliance on the centre left.
John Howard confirms the nation’s involvement in the war in Iraq in March 2003, a decision subject to remarkably little oversight by comparison to Australia’s allies.
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It is important to restore public trust in any future decision for Australia to go to war. For this, a system that provides better democratic accountability is essential.
‘Just a warning – it’s quite long…’
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From faulty intelligence and inadequate oversight to disastrously poor planning, the Iraq War was a mess from the start.
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Tony Blair insists to this day that his decision to go to war in Iraq was made in good faith. Does that make him any less culpable?
Tony Blair and his then-foreign minister, Jack Straw, in 2003.
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The Iraq Inquiry has found that the case for invading Iraq was far from watertight and made without proper care. Deception, however, is another matter.
Divided they fall.
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Labour and the Conservatives have faced crises in the past… Just not at the same time.