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UK Politics Blog Posts

Time to end big money in politics: why we need public funding for political parties

January 23, 2025January 23, 2025 | UK Politics | wgd

Jago M – LVI In recent news, there has been increasing speculation about the richest man in the world, Elon…
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“Does Ed Davey’s stunts and embrace of ‘Tik-Tok’ Politics tell us all we need to know about politics in the future?”

January 23, 2025January 23, 2025 | UK Politics | wgd

Lucy S – LVI Ed Davey,  MP for Kingston and Surbiton and Leader of the Liberal Democrats has started to…
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Has Nigel Farage been the most successful UK politician in the 21st century?

January 23, 2025January 23, 2025 | UK Politics | wgd

Jake L-D – LVI Over the last 20 years there have been numerous successful politicians that have had their own…
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The Ministerial Code

November 20, 2023November 20, 2023 | UK Politics | Tom L - LVI

Suella Braverman wrote an article in the Times where she accused the Metropolitan Police of playing favourites and criticising them…
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THE INEVITABLE FALL OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY

November 10, 2023November 10, 2023 | UK Politics | Bertie - LVI

The Conservative Party is edging closer to its imminent and undoubtedly overdue collapse. A party which, in its heyday, was…
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How would politics be different if women had always been equal in power to men?

May 20, 2022November 15, 2023 | Political Theory | Skye B - LVI

Women’s formal influence in politics can be dated back to 1918 through the Parliament(Qualification of Women) Act which enabled them…
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Will Boris Jonson resign next week?

January 28, 2022November 15, 2023 | UK Politics | Joe B - LVI

The Prime minister, the focal point of our country, the man who represents the United Kingdom to the rest of…
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Britain is a failing state

November 9, 2021November 15, 2023 | UK Politics | Scott W - LVI

Contemporary Britain is a far cry from the glory days of the empire. Covering a quarter of the world’s landmass,…
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Are ‘Insulate Britain’ a help or a hinderance?

November 9, 2021November 15, 2023 | UK Politics | Tom C - LVI

Insulate Britain has been the focus of headlines involving protests over the last few months. They have participated in what…
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Its time for the UK to change its outdated constitution

November 9, 2021November 15, 2023 | UK Politics | Skye B - LVI

The labour party’s landslide victory in 1997 under Tony Blair brought a lot of potential and ambitious reforms to the…
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    November 15, 2023
  • The USA is clearly in decline, but what will this mean for the international system?

    November 15, 2023

UK Politics

  • Time to end big money in politics: why we need public funding for political parties

    January 23, 2025
  • “Does Ed Davey’s stunts and embrace of ‘Tik-Tok’ Politics tell us all we need to know about politics in the future?”

    January 23, 2025
  • Has Nigel Farage been the most successful UK politician in the 21st century?

    January 23, 2025

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    November 20, 2023
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    November 20, 2023
  • Will Labour’s stance on the Israel-Gaza conflict affect their predicted success in the coming general election?

    November 20, 2023
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