'Home Rule' Scotland
11 Jul 2011
The outcome of the Scottish election at the beginning of May was a political earthquake. Voters may not have been motivated to back the SNP because of a surge of … » more
Jun 2011: Home Rule for Scotland
Having been routed how can the British parties now keep the flag flying in Scotland?
11 Jul 2011
Much of the commentary on the night of the local elections and in the days that followed centred on the plight of the Liberal Democrats after their losses in England … » more
Childhood
The price children may pay for not having a Dad
11 Jul 2011
Given that almost half of all children will not grow up with both parents and one third of children whose parents are separated or divorced have no contact with their … » more
Foreign affairs
The road to revolt in Tunisia
11 Jul 2011
On 14 January 2011, Ben Ali fled Tunisia. For nearly a month, a huge protest movement had shaken the country, led by young people in the area surrounding Sidi Bouzid … » more
What can Britain do to save Yemen from itself?
11 Jul 2011
Buffeted by the politics of the Arab Spring and the realities of state fragility, civil war and the War on Terror, Yemen — now home to Osama bin Laden’s spiritual … » more
Afghanistan
Taliban on the run? Indeed, and it's bad news
11 Jul 2011
Two separate events. On 25 April, nearly 500 Taliban prisons escaped from Saraposa prison on the western edge of Kandahar City through a tunnel dug from a compound outside the … » more
Defence
This new military covenant may be law but will it be honoured?
11 Jul 2011
On 16 May 2011, the government announced that an armed forces covenant would be enshrined into British law for the first time. The announcement is an important step towards refashioning … » more
The best army money can buy
11 Jul 2011
As the Cold War returned to one of its more frosty periods, an article written for The Economist magazine described the British Army as the worst equipped in Western Europe. … » more
Labour Party
Winning back the working class
11 Jul 2011
Recent British politics has witnessed the resurgence of concern for the reinvention of civil society.
Constitution and government
Do MPs really want a Lords that can challenge the Commons?
11 Jul 2011
The government's long-awaited and largely predictable proposals for House of Lords reform
Making policy in the real world
11 Jul 2011
Good government depends on good policy making. When policies fail, the costs can be significant; repeated failure can erode confidence in government and in the democratic process itself. Yet, despite … » more
Business and finance
Growth? The very hi-tech British industry we need to keep flying
11 Jul 2011
The jury is still out on whether the UK can succeed in rebalancing its economy and in stimulating a return to sustained economic growth. Earlier this year, George Osborne and … » more
A licence system could be the 'sensible way forward'
11 Jul 2011
The future of the edited electoral register has been debated extensively since the Association of Electoral Roll Administrators (AEA) told the Data Sharing Review back in 2007 that the edited … » more
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