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Painted into a corner?
Was the ‘realignment’ just a pet theory?
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‘Chasing waterfalls’
How one anti-elitism leads to the next
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Estuary English
If a political sea-change happens in 2024, it could begin on the lower Thames
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Chris Clarke
Thinking in straight lines
The country is more progressive, so why is the left losing? Executive Summary This paper helps to address the question that many in Labour and on the…
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Bridging the Divide
What is driving the realignment in UK politics? The country is more progressive. So why is the left losing? According to most measures, the UK…
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Chris Clarke
‘Against their interests’
The Hartlepool by-election result has renewed discussion about how Labour re-connects with working-class voters. This article looks at two components of…
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Chris Clarke
Labour won’t end anti-Semitism until we ditch ‘Puppet-Master’ ideas about politics
Keir Starmer’s promise to axe the Labour complaints team is the latest attempt to end the party’s ongoing, self-inflicted anti-Semitism crisis. From the…
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To stand a chance Labour must ditch its nostalgia
Why does Labour never know what it’s got till it’s (long) gone? Were the Blair-Brown governments a reheated version of 1980s Toryism? This was the…
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