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The House of Lords and Devolution: Already a Chamber of the Nations and Regions?

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract When it published its report in 2022, one of the main recommendations of the Brown Commission, established by the Labour Party to examine the future governance of the UK, was for the replacement of the House of Lords with an ‘assembly of the nations and regions’.
Adam Evans
wiley   +1 more source

A laboratory-focussed desk review of health systems in Uganda, Kenya, and the UK to respond to current and future pandemics. [PDF]

J Glob Health
Muttamba W, O'Hare B, Ramsay A, Saxena V, Kirenga B, Sabiiti W.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Different Process, Same Outcome? The Problems of Within‐Party Sortition

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract A recent article in Political Quarterly argues for a ‘sortition of candidature’. We show that because political parties are not themselves socially representative, such a scheme would not result in a socially representative Parliament. Drawing on data from the Party Members Project, we show that while some demographic groups would be better ...
Philip Cowley, Paul Webb, Tim Bale
wiley   +1 more source

'Nothing to lose or a world to win': Reconsidering efficacy, legitimacy, political trust and repression in confrontational collective action. [PDF]

Br J Soc Psychol
Uysal MS, Drury J, Acar YG.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Red–Green Electoral Threat to the Labour Party

The 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, Nicholas Allen, John Bartle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How (Not) to Break Up: Constituent Power and Alternative Pathways to Scottish Independence. [PDF]

Oxf J Leg Stud
Fasel RN, Stark SW.
europepmc   +1 more source

Voter Access under Mandatory Voter ID: The Promise and Limits of the Voter Authority Certificate

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The Elections Act 2022 introduced mandatory photographic voter identification in UK general elections and English devolved elections, marking a decisive shift toward a universal requirement for in‐person voting. To mitigate access barriers in the absence of a national identity system, it also provided for the introduction of a new Voter ...
Petra Schleiter
wiley   +1 more source

Reduction in sugar intake after the introduction of minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland: a difference-in-differences analysis. [PDF]

Am J Clin Nutr
Leckcivilize A, Whybrow S, Gao N, Kopasker D, McNamee P, Ludbrook A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Education in the Scottish Parliament

Scottish Educational Review, 2014
openaire   +1 more source

The Origins of the Human Rights Act: A ‘British Bill of Rights’ the First Time Around

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article reconstructs the first initiatives for a British Bill of Rights from the late 1960s to the mid‐1980s and argues that their failure shaped the eventual form of the Human Rights Act. Proposals for a Bill of Rights emerged across the political spectrum, but commanded most support on the right as a means of restraining trade unions ...
Marco Duranti, Chris Hilliard
wiley   +1 more source