British Politics Table of contents (13 chapters) Front Matter Pages i-xviii Download chapterPDF Introduction: The Nature and Challenge of Governing in the 1990s Introduction: The Nature and Challenge of Governing in the 1990s Robert Pyper, Lynton Robins ...
In the context of more the authoritarian rhetoric in politics[9]and, particularly, the regressive steps taken by the previous Government towards those seeking asylum and refuge in the UK and increasing isolation from Europe, the new Government should, at least, send a clear signal that there is...
Above all, keep in mind that I will as a result be hosting a post that declares a number of potentially quite litigious people to be some of the biggest liars in British politics, so I will want to be very comfortable with the body of evidence. If you wish you vote/nomination(s) to...
Some people in politics can be really funny about evidence… Westminster/media groupies especially so. It is not unknown for some ‘commentators’ to be so far into the role of propagandist that they will accuse personal/political enemies of criminality on nothing more than hearsay while refusing...
If there’s someone on your radio right now telling you there are no big ideas in politics any more, or that our risk-averse society is lowering ambition and infantilising adults, or that the outpouring of anguish over Darfur says-more-about-the-anxieties-of-the-western-liberal-elite-than-...
Nigel Lawson, the tax-slashing chancellor under Margaret Thatcher and one of the titans of British politics in the 1980s, has died at the age of 91. Lord Lawson headed up the Treasury under Mrs Thatcher from 1983 to 1989, playing a leading role in her transformative government which rolled...
Compared to the level of open anti-Catholic bias against John Kennedy in 1960, racism in the 2008 campaign is a dog that didn't bark. US elections 2008 Barack Obama John McCain Sarah Palin Race issues US politics David Boaz guardian.co.uk © 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its...
Education,Class&Politics Lesselitistthanbefore,but...MPs(2010)LabourConservativeLiberal PrivateSchool UniversityOxbridge 15% 86%20% 54% 95%38% 40% 88%28% EducationalBackgroundofMembersofParliament:Lessthan10%ofthetotalUKpopulationgotoprivatesecondaryschool,butasignificantproportionofpoliticians(especially...
Education,Class&Politics Lesselitistthanbefore,but... MPs(2010) LabourConservativeLiberal PrivateSchool15%54%40% University86%95%88% Oxbridge20%38%28% EducationalBackgroundofMembersofParliament: Lessthan10%ofthetotalUKpopulationgotoprivatesecondaryschool, butasignificantproportionofpoliticians(especiallyConservat...
In textbooks, a weakening currency has the effect of making an economy’s exports cheaper and its imports more expensive, boosting the former and suppressing the latter. However, there are few signs that this textbook model applies to the UK. Back in the first half of 2007, the current acco...