Despite apparently over-the-top tactics, Tory whips failed to stop backbenchers from voting against the government. So why wouldn’t they do it again?
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Brexit is causing nothing but trouble and who knows if independence will ever happen. No wonder the frozen north is such an appealing prospect.
The UK government surprised everyone by meeting the criteria to progress to the next phase of talks. Here’s what that actually means.
British citizens are currently protected by the EU if their government fails them. That will no longer be the case after they leave the union.
It looks as if a state visit from the US president is on the cards. But the Queen is a veteran at hosting unwanted guests.
The US president has lent legitimacy to a small group of right-wing extremists by sharing its content.
There was token investment in driverless cars, but this was a pitiful budget by a rudderless government.
Boris Johnson and Michael Gove may not be the stuff of Orwell’s dystopian nightmare, but they clearly know how to talk in ‘doublespeak’.
Taking back control only means something if you’ve got the money to deliver on your promises.
A small parliamentary majority is still a majority. Besides, who else wants this gig?
Now citizens have a louder voice than ever, the UK badly needs to decide on its role in the world.
We can’t solve this problem until we acknowledge some deep-rooted beliefs about male and female roles in sex and relationships.
It’s not a witch hunt, it’s not a joke and it really does matter.
It took more than one person to bring down the Roman Empire, but the moral decay started somewhere.
The question is less why women are speaking up and more why are they only now being heard?
The writing was on the wall for the international development secretary as soon as she got on that aeroplane.
When the DfID minister held secret meetings with government officials while on holiday, she seems to have forgotten about her quest to stamp out dodgy dealings in development spending.
Several key figures travelled to Soviet Russia in its early days to witness the socialist state in action.
The latest reform plan doesn’t really deal with some fundamental issues.
Intimidating, archaic, crumbling. The building that houses MPs is part of the problem when they abuse their power.
Principales colaboradores
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Paul Whiteley es Amigo de The Conversation.Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics, University of Sheffield
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Associate Tutor in Politics and Social Sciences, Edge Hill University
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Professor of Politics & International Studies, The Open University
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Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, Edge Hill University
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Associate Professor of British Politics, University of Leeds
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Ashbel Smith Professor, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas
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Head of Politics, Sheffield Hallam University
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Teaching Fellow, Department of History, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University
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British Politics Lecturer, University of Liverpool
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University of Nottingham
