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.
Forward together?
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What’s a single-issue party to do once it has achieved it’s only ambition?
Farage: unleashes unholy mess, puts feet up.
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The UKIP leader won his country back and now says he wants his life back.
There is a way out of this, if you’re brave enough.
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An open letter to the prime minister appeals for a bold move to avert Brexit.
Boris bows out.
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It could be just another move in a long-term political masterstroke.
I’ll buy the next round Boris, I promise.
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They dialled it up to 11 on day one – and there are still two months to go.
Corbyn could be saved by the vagueness of Labour’s rules.
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How can Jeremy Corbyn insist that he isn’t budging, despite a no confidence vote?
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The UK’s withdrawal from the European Union is a product, ironically, of the political elite’s longstanding aversion to democratic self-rule.