The two epochal fights that will define Cameron’s second term are coming into view – and he’s starting to feel the pinch of a tiny majority.
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Lecturer in Politics, Birkbeck, University of London
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Senior Practitioner Fellow in the Department of Applied Linguistics and Communication, Birkbeck, University of London
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Professor of Political Economy, Birkbeck, University of London
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London
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Lecturer, Culture and Media department, Birkbeck, University of London
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Reader in Gender, Health and International Development, Birkbeck, University of London
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PhD researcher, Birkbeck, University of London
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Reader In Modern History, Department Of History, Classics & Archaeology, Birkbeck, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Management, Birkbeck, University of London
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Emeritus Professor, School of Law, Birkbeck, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in International Business, Birkbeck, University of London
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Lecturer in Contemporary History, Birkbeck, University of London
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Lambert Lecturer in Environment (Applied Herpetology), Birkbeck, University of London
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Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London
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Professor of Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London
