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Why Leavers should favour a second referendum
, 2018 Should there be a second referendum on EU membership? For obvious reasons, it is Remainers who are leading to call for a second 'people's vote'. But there are good arguments for Leavers to favour a second referendum, argues Albert Weale (University ...
Weale, Albert
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QOE-IJES, 2010 Review of Italian elections, Municipal, provincial, regional elections, and referenda in 2009 La competizione per il governo: il centrodestra dilaga, il centrosinistra si rinserra nella zona appenninica Elezioni regionali in Sardegna: Soru si ...
Aldo Di Virgilio
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Has the Moment for Electoral Reform at Westminster Finally Arrived?
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The rise to power of Andy Burnham, a vocal critic of first past the post, has put Westminster electoral reform back on the political agenda. This article examines the case for reforming the voting system, why it has strengthened in recent years, why efforts have failed before and what this tells us about the necessary conditions for reform: a ...
Robert Ford
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THE INSTITUTE OF REFERENDUM IN THE CONTEXT OF MEMBERSHIP IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Гуманитарные и юридические исследования, 2021 The article discusses the main issues of holding referen-dums in particular European Union member-states in relation to issues related to the functioning and development of the EU. The author gives a description of the current importance of the institute
D. Galushko
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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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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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Towards a new era of regionalism in Italy? A comparative perspective on autonomy referendums [PDF]
Territory, Politics, Governance, 2019 Referendums on regional autonomy are rare events in European politics but are likely to produce important political and institutional effects. This article provides the first systematic account of the autonomy referendums held in October 2017 in Lombardy and Veneto (Italy), and seeks to: i) explore the origins of autonomy referendums, placing them ...
Arianna Giovannini, Davide Vampa
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The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines Plaid Cymru's historic electoral success in the 2026 Senedd election, winning the most votes and becoming the largest party in Senedd Cymru (the Welsh Parliament) for the first time since the establishment of devolved institutions in 1999.
Anwen Elias
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The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Andy Burnham's claim that Britain took a series of political and economic ‘wrong turns’ from the 1980s offers a powerful diagnosis of contemporary stagnation, regional inequality and political disaffection. This article tests that diagnosis against evidence on living standards, deindustrialisation, centralisation, privatisation, austerity ...
Muhammad Abdul Aziz +2 more
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Iranian Foreign Policy in the Middle East: The KRG as a Case Study
Sociedad & TecnologíaThis study applies James N. Rosenau's Foreign Policy Analysis framework to examine the evolution of Iran's policy toward the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) from the establishment of Kurdish autonomy in northern Iraq in 1991 to the post-2017 ...
Kardo Rached, kawsar Fattahi
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