Recruiting 20,000 new police officers may sound like a massive boost, but the reality is that the Conservative’s proposal will simply replace the 20,600 police officers who have already been cut.
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The next two years look dangerous for the economy. You wouldn’t know it from UK party manifestos.
Long term climate targets are meaningless without concrete action. Here’s what the plans of the UK’s two biggest parties mean for the planet.
Before we declare the end of austerity, it is important to explore what exactly austerity was – and remind ourselves of the terrible toll it has had on many people’s lives.
Conversation academic experts get behind the soundbites and campaign claims.
As the election campaign hots up we explore how the parties are exploiting videos on their social media accounts.
“We now have a leave alliance”.
In Labour target constituencies in the North of England, the moratorium applies. But sites in safe Conservative areas in the South East will remain open for business.
How members of America’s two parties view the country – and its place in the world – might explain this phenomenon.
Women are swinging elections in the US and Australia in ways analysts have struggled to predict. Two recent studies can help explain.
Protestant fundamentalism was officially born in the United States in 1919, fueling a culture war that continues today.
Nuclear fusion may power post-carbon societies – but it won’t save us from climate change.
Vehicle emissions and industrial facilities are contributing to climate change, but many conservatives don’t believe it.
Conservatives worldwide favor carbon pricing, cap-and-trade systems and other innovative environmental plans – just not in the United States.
President Trump has said American Jews loyal to Israel should support the Republican Party. A scholar explains the historical tensions embedded in the anti-Semitic trope.
The theme of the conference is ‘protect the future’, an allusion to the culture wars that conservatives are waging against the left. There are fears this could include alt-right messages of hate.
If the strategy succeeds, the Tories could win a snap election with 40% of the vote.
The programs that Americans of all political stripes like to watch seem to be united by a common theme.
If the Conservative MP was really a spook, he wouldn’t be the first to make the leap into parliament.
The government shutdown provided a short-term version of what some activists have long wanted: A government small enough so that you could ‘drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.’
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