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The Silence That Could Not Hold: Foreign Policy and the Fall of Keir Starmer
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Keir Starmer's resignation in June 2026 has been narrated almost entirely in domestic terms: the rise of Reform UK, the rout of the May local elections, the winter fuel payment and two‐child benefit cap retreats, the Mandelson appointment. This article argues that such accounts mistake the proximate triggers for the underlying cause.
Tahir Abbas
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, 2002 L'intervento ha riguardato gli aspetti problematici dell'istituto del referendum nell'ordinamento comunitario. Il convegno, dato il suo tenere internazionale, si propose come una provocazione rispetto al processo costituente europeo che solo dopo iniziò
DE MINICO, GIOVANNA
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Values versus Tactics: The Liberal Democrat Predicament
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The Liberal Democrats emerged from the 2024 election with their largest parliamentary party since 1923. The 2026 elections saw further progress in English local government and Scottish parliamentary elections, with support consolidating in areas of strength.
David Howarth
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Le recours au référendum dans un processus constituant : quand, pourquoi et comment ?
Droit Public ComparéCes dernières décennies, le recours au référendum dans un processus constituant est de plus en plus fréquent. Jusqu’à une époque récente, le taux de succès de tels référendums était très élevé.
Marthe Fatin-Rouge Stefanini
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Why Compulsory Voting is Not the Answer
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Electoral turnout in the UK is low and uneven. This has led to renewed interest in compulsory voting, which has been advocated in recent reports from The Constitution Society, Labour Together, and the Institute for Public Policy Research. This article offers a critical perspective on these proposals.
Ben Saunders
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‘Pro‐Germans in the Pulpits’: The Queensland Presbyterian Church and the Great War
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.During World War I, Protestant churches in Australia, on the whole, enthusiastically supported the war effort. The Queensland Presbyterian Church was a significant exception. This study analyses discord and tensions among its clergymen about what constituted an appropriate response to the war.
Mark Cryle
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Does the Rule of Law Require the Separation of Powers?
The Modern Law Review, EarlyView.The separation of powers is an enigmatic political ideal, particularly in the context of the modern administrative state, in which administrative officials routinely perform a combination of legislative, judicial, and executive functions. In this article we reexamine this ideal by interrogating Adrian Vermeule's provocative claim that the separation of
Dimitrios Kyritsis, Matthew Lewans
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What lies between - the Scottish Independence Referendum 2023 [PDF]
Debates about the political and legal case for the Scottish independence referendum in September 2014 and the non-referendum of October 2023 have centred around the retention and resolution of ambiguities about political mandates and legal powers.
McCorkindale, Christopher
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The 2015 Greek Referendum. EPIN Commentary No. 24, 3 July 2015 [PDF]
, 2015 The Greek government called a snap referendum on the proposals advanced by the EU partners and creditor, i.e. the draft Agreement submitted by the EU/IMF to the Eurogroup of 25 June 2015.
Chatzistavrou, Filippa
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Oregon's wave of data center and semiconductor projects shows how cloud capitalism reorganizes resource systems and territorial governance. Examining Amazon, Google, and Intel, the article traces how fiscal incentives, utility programs, and land‐use instruments are recalibrated to secure hyperscale loads.
Justin Kollar
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