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Why do voters allow corrupt politicians to stay in office?
Society, Politics & Law

Why do voters allow corrupt politicians to stay in office?

...one concrete avenue where greater political attentiveness may produce clear benefits – greater sanctioning of politicians who misuse public office for personal or political gain. This article was originally published by LSE USAPP blog under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence and is based on the paper, ’Uninformed Voters and Corrupt Politicians’, in American Politics Research....
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No Pause for Thought? Brexit, Bias and Political Manipulation
Health, Sports & Psychology

No Pause for Thought? Brexit, Bias and Political Manipulation

...articles by Volker Patent. In this first article, we look at how the language of Brexit encourages the formation of political cliques. ...This article is part of our Brexiting collection: [A table of newspapers from the morning after the Brexit referendum. The central newspaper is the Daily Mirror, with the headline "So what the hell happens now?"] Seeing Britain move...
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However you feel about it, Labour's manifesto offers a choice
Society, Politics & Law

However you feel about it, Labour's manifesto offers a choice

...between Cameron and Ed Miliband in 2015, but this time Labour is striking out in an entirely different way. Whether the decision turns out to be bold or simply foolish remains to be seen on June 8, but it is at least giving voters a genuine choice between two absolute alternatives. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Is a landslide dangerous for Theresa May?
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Is a landslide dangerous for Theresa May?

...so she will likely promote reforms within Labour that will come back to haunt her). But her victory won’t help her achieve success in Brexit negotiations, which is perhaps the ultimate test of her premiership. This is the lesson history offers us about the perils of large majorities. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Why is the Conservative manifesto the mark of a brave Prime Minister?
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Why is the Conservative manifesto the mark of a brave Prime Minister?

...And they certainly are. But hiding away on page 43 is a commitment to repeal the Fixed Term Parliaments Act. This is a prime minister who will not be bound by a five-year electoral cycle. So the country may get to deliver its verdict on her Brexit deal sooner than it thought after all. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Tomorrow's World
Science, Maths & Technology

Tomorrow's World

...articles on whether robots should have rights, to explainers on how gene editing could improve our health in future, to OU research that's landed us on a comet - we've got it covered. We're also co-producing a number of programmes with the BBC for Tomorrow's World, including Britain's Greatest Invention and Horizon: 10 Things You Need to Know about the Future. In the...
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After Manchester: Can you make venues safer?
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After Manchester: Can you make venues safer?

...to the work the police and security services do in preventing them. And we should not let terrorism affect our movements as we live as normal a life as possible. Nevertheless, we now have to expect the possibility of an attack and, unfortunately, we all need to become more vigilant. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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After Manchester: What are the challenges for security services?
Society, Politics & Law

After Manchester: What are the challenges for security services?

...or vehicles, the use of explosives adds to the complexity of the threat in the UK. Establishing how the perpetrator was able to create an explosive device, tracing their contacts and understanding their motives are all issues for the UK’s security and policing bodies to investigate. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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