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Potential risks to the National Health Service (NHS) of a Post-Brexit US Trade Deal

open access: yesRevue LISA, 2021
At the very heart of the pro-Brexit narrative, currently supported by Eurosceptic politicians such as Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and David Davis, and Conservative think tanks including the Institute of Economic Affairs and Adam Smith’s Institute, is the
Louise Dalingwater
doaj   +1 more source

The Red–Green Electoral Threat to the Labour Party

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract For the first time, Labour faces credible electoral threats from minor parties to its left. The Greens and the newly formed Your Party offer left‐wing and Muslim voters disillusioned with Labour viable electoral alternatives and parliamentary representation. This article considers how great the threat is to Labour. It uses a model of how minor
Thomas Quinn   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Envisioning the Future of Work: From Ideas to Reforms

open access: yesBritish Journal of Industrial Relations, Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 271-281, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Two different theoretical perspectives concerning technology and the future of work are examined. One is linked to mainstream economics, whereas the other is associated with critical (‘post‐work’) discourse. Ideas about work—its nature and impacts on well‐being—matter in both perspectives.
David A. Spencer
wiley   +1 more source

Jeremy Corbyn, peut-il survivre ?

open access: yes, 2017
Cet article analyse les conséquences de l’élection de Jeremy Corbyn à la tête du parti travailliste britannique. Le caractère inédit de la campagne politicomédiatique contre Corbyn est souligné, en particulier dans la conjugaison d’attaques venant de l ...
Dixon, Keith
core   +1 more source

A Corpus Study of Brexit Political Discourse: Exploring Modality through Lexical Modals

open access: yesMiscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies
This paper aims to analyse the lexical modals used in the political speeches given by Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn during the final months of the Brexit process.
Encarnación Almazán Ruiz   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Selecting the labour leader: from the electoral college to closed primaries

open access: yesQOE-IJES, 2018
The article aims at assessing the functioning and characteristics of the most recent systems employed by the British Labour Party for selecting its leader. To this end I compared five leadership races: the huge success of Tony Blair in 1994 in the newly
Giulia Vicentini
doaj   +1 more source

A Family Affair: The Uses and Abuses of Vicarious Identity in Political Rhetoric During the 2024 General Election

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 97, Issue 2, Page 290-297, April/June 2026.
Abstract The 2024 UK general election saw candidates make frequent rhetorical references to parents and grandparents. But what are the political functions and implications of such references? Drawing together recent research in political psychology and sociology, this article interprets such references as attempts to articulate ‘vicarious identities ...
Joseph Haigh
wiley   +1 more source

Multiculturalism, Nationalism and Depolarisation

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 344-353, April 2026.
ABSTRACT It has been suggested that multiculturalism has contributed to majority anxieties and thereby to the current polarisation. This article focuses on how to tackle and lessen this polarisation, which is fostering mutual distrust and threatening the national, democratic citizenships upon which any multiculturalist, egalitarian and unifying project
Tariq Modood
wiley   +1 more source

Literary Theory after Populism

open access: yesAnglica. An International Journal of English Studies
The article proposes three theses on the status of literary and critical theory after the populist incursions of the “long 2016.” First: that an already-ailing “theory” failed to distinguish itself from professional class anti-populism during the ...
James A. Smith
doaj   +1 more source

A Three‐Stage Model of the Maturation of Nascent Policy Subsystems Toward Stable Advocacy Coalitions, With Evidence From the UK's Response to COVID‐19

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Policy subsystems are comprised of competing advocacy coalitions, in which public and private political actors with shared belief systems learn from each other and coordinate their strategies in the pursuit of influencing policy making in their favor.
Kristijan Garic, Philip Leifeld
wiley   +1 more source

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