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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.
If ever there was a time to think seriously about whether parliament represents the people, it’s now.
The High Court ruled that Brady won’t be buried in the way he wanted because of his crimes in life.
Grime could provoke the most disruptive cultural transformation of the British music industry in decades.
It might sound funny but we need fresh thinking to face up to 21st century challenges. This is one way of looking at the problem.
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Paul Whiteley is a Friend of 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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Associate Professor of British Politics, University of Leeds
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, Edge Hill University
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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
