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Ken Livingstone : The Thorn in (New) Labour’s Side

open access: yesRevue LISA, 2014
Ever since Ken Livingstone became leader of the Greater London Council (GLC) in 1981, he was a constant threat for the political integrity of the Labour Party until Mrs Thatcher decided to do away with this tier of local government in 1986.
Timothy Whitton
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A ‘Strange Death’ Foretold (or the Not So ‘Strange Death’ of Liberal Wales): Liberal Decline, the Labour Ascendancy and Electoral Politics in South Wales, 1922-1924 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This essay revisits debates concerning the rapid decline of the historic and once powerful Liberal Party and its replacement by the Labour Party as the main anti-Conservative, progressive party of the state around the fulcrum of the First World War.
Meredith, Stephen Clive
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Fabric‐Based Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton Gloves: Advancements and Challenges

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights interdisciplinary technological advances in fabric‐based robotic gloves, focusing on progress in design, fabrication, actuation, sensing, control, and power and energy requirements. It also addresses performance testing and validation, including biomechanical, strength, functional, user experience, and durability assessments, to ...
Ayse Feyza Yilmaz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protection of Weaker Party in Labour Law [PDF]

open access: yesSocietas et Iurisprudentia, 2019
The protective function of the labour law is its dominant function. The protective function of the labour law must also be respected by the Slovak legislator by every legislative change of the labour law also in the future.
Helena Barancová
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Effects of New Zealand general elections on stock market returns [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper examines stock returns under both National and Labour governments in New Zealand, offering further insight into the existence of the political cycle effect.
Abidin, Sazali Zainal   +2 more
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In the dedicated pursuit of dedicated capital: restoring an indigenous investment ethic to British capitalism [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
Tony Blair’s landslide electoral victory on May 1 (New Labour Day?) presents the party in power with a rare, perhaps even unprecedented, opportunity to revitalise and modernise Britain’s ailing and antiquated manufacturing economy.* If it is to do so, it
Albert Michel   +65 more
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Climate Action Impacts on Steelmaking Emissions of Persistent Organic Pollutants Highlight a Gap Between the Paris Agreement and the Stockholm Convention

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Emissions of unintentionally produced persistent organic pollutants (UPOPs) and global warming are two major environmental challenges. But their governance has largely evolved in parallel, leaving the toxicity implications of climate‐driven industrial transitions poorly understood.
Yuxiang Sun   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Populist Revolt against Globalisation

open access: yesPerspective Politice, 2017
A tormented wave of anti-establishment populism is haunting Europe. Populist parties have managed to enter the political centre stage. This is partly the result of the breakthrough of former extremeright or far right parties to the ‘regular right’ part ...
René CUPERUS
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Tension and Conflict in the Labour Discourse Community: A Critical Genre Analysis of Labour Prime Ministers' Speeches to the TUC (1969-2008)

open access: yesLingue e Linguaggi, 2015
- Trade Unions have been the most important constituency of the British Labour Party since 1900. The relationship between the party and workers' organizations has undergone deep changes, resulting in the open confrontation that characterised the years of
Claudia Ortu
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The oratory of James Callaghan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The chapter contributes to the neglected field of analysis of the use, purpose and impact of political oratory and rhetoric in Labour's post-war political history.
Meredith, Stephen Clive
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