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Category Archives: Weekly Political Blog Round Up
May 24 2013
‘Loongate’, gay marriage and ‘terrorism’: Top 5 blogs you might have missed this week
Leave a commentTweet Gleen Greenwald of The Guardian asks ”How can one create a definition of “terrorism” that includes Wednesday’s London attack on this British soldier without including many acts of violence undertaken by the US, the UK and its allies and partners?” Rafael Behr of the … Continue reading
Posted by: May 24, 2013
Tagged with: gay marriage, loongate, terrorism
May 17 2013
Masculinity and the Tories in crisis: Top 5 blogs you might have missed this week
Leave a commentTweet A bad week for Cameron as even Paul Goodman at the The Tory Diary blog hammered him over a lack of leadership exhibited in the face of unruly backbenchers. Phil from A Very Public Sociologist blog discusses one overlooked … Continue reading
Posted by: May 17, 2013
Tagged with: David Cameron, leadership, masculinity
May 10 2013
Mythbusting: Scroungers, Migrants and the EU. Top 5 blogs you might have missed this week
Leave a commentTweet Stephen Reid at NEF blog contrasts what leading politicians say about welfare recipients with reality. The ‘strivers versus skivers‘ myth ‘helps to justify what might otherwise be unpopular economic policies, like spending cuts and punitive welfare-to-work policies’. The NIESR does not … Continue reading
Posted by: May 10, 2013
Tagged with: benefits, eu, immigration, Keynes, welfare
May 3 2013
The evidence revolution, spinning the local elections and underemployment: Top 5 blogs you might have missed this week
Leave a commentTweet Guido Fawkes takes a look at the Tory and Labour spin machines following local election results. Tim Harford implores teachers to join the evidence revolution and examine what methods work best in the classroom. Jonathan Portes blogs about a new paper by the NIESR … Continue reading
Posted by: May 3, 2013
Tagged with: evidence, local elections 2013, Universal Credit
Apr 26 2013
Popular Capitalism and ‘Shares for Rights’: Top 5 blogs you might have missed this week
Leave a commentTweet Adam Lent takes issue with claims about Margaret Thatcher’s legacy of popular capitalism, arguing that she brought about much more of the latter than the former. Flip Chart Fairly Tales reflects on the Government’s quiet revival of its controversial … Continue reading
Posted by: April 26, 2013
Tagged with: David Cameron, Margaret Thatcher
Apr 19 2013
Reflecting on the Thatcherite legacy: Top 5 blogs you might have missed this week
Leave a commentTweet Paul Bernal suggests that Margaret Thatcher’s funeral could have been paid for through the Victorian practice of ‘public subscription’. Chris Dillow defends the claim that the contemporary financial crisis has its roots in the Thatcherite legacy. Oliver Rahman reports … Continue reading
Posted by: April 19, 2013
Tagged with: thatcher, Thatcherite
Apr 12 2013
Reflecting on the legacy of Margaret Thatcher: Top 5 blogs you might have missed this week
1 CommentTweet James Bloodworth suggests five progressive things done by Margaret Thatcher’s government. John from the Londonist discusses the effect the former PM had on the UK’s capital city. Kate Smurthwaite explains why she won’t be celebrating Thatcher’s death in spite … Continue reading
Posted by: April 12, 2013
Tagged with: thatcher
Apr 6 2013
Immigration, Employability and Football: Top 5 blogs you might have missed this week
Leave a commentTweet Alex Massie agues that welfare reform is the Government’s most controversial but also most popular policy. Jules Birch uses the example of Premiership football to explore the contrast between the effects of the Government’s welfare changes and the cut in the … Continue reading
Posted by: April 6, 2013
Tagged with: Autism, employability, football, immigration, welfare
