Archive of October 2018
Going native: Populist academics normalise the anti-immigrant right
Roger Eatwell and Matthew Goodwin's new book continues a strange project of actually supporting that which you claim to be studying.
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Hammond ends austerity - but only for the middle class
The Budget suggests the Tories will end austerity for target voters, but leave it untouched for those who've been hit hardest
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I'm Broken, Britain: The brutal Catch-22 of the disability benefit programme
Disabled people in the years of austerity have seen some pretty barbaric things
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People's Vote analysis: 40% of the public up for grabs by either side
Brexit is portrayed as two tribes at war, but it's really a spectrum - with soft voters on either side.
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Universal Credit is a stone-cold omnishambles
This disaster keeps on growing - we need a major rethink immediately
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The trade but not the politics: There's still time for Brexiters to embrace Norway
We are heading towards a blind Brexit, but joining the EFTA via the EEA Agreement could make things easier
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Canada shows how we can save ourselves from the drug war
My son died as a result of ineffective drug laws, but a fresh approach could spare future victims.
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The unspoken dangers of a suicide prevention strategy
How modern mental health policies may have the unintended consequence of reviving Victorian practice
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Enoch Powell set the scene for the anti-immigrant politics of today
It's been fifty years since Powell's Rivers of Blood speech
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Playing on their phones: The bad science behind the fear of teenagers' screen-time
It's easy to worry about technology - that's exactly why we need to learn more about it
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The electoral reform policy plan to end Russian interference in the UK
Britain's unreformed electoral system is primed for interference by Russian covert operations.
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Brexit: It's time to check our English privilege
We need the same self-reflection over our attitude to Europe as men are learning to have over how they treat women
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It's about time: Female Doctor Who updates an optimistic vision of Britishness
The long-overdue gender change is a massive evolution
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The Canary is not journalism - it's a government mouthpiece in waiting
Bedroom Pravdas don't challenge problems of mainstream press, they worsen them.
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Roadmap to chaos: How a general election could happen by accident
The weird intricacies of the Fixed Term Parliaments Act could create an unplanned general election, even if no-one really wants it
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How not to screw up a People's Vote
If we're going to campaign for a vote, let's not screw it up
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This new migration policy will stifle our economy
Theresa May's new post-Brexit migration system slams the door on EEA migrants and our own national prospects
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