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Christopher Silver

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Month: May 2017

Scottish Politics Posted on22nd May 20172nd August 2017

How the Tories gamed devolution and why we can’t let them win

In 2007 I overheard a conversation in an Edinburgh pub on the politics of devolution. This was, as I recall, an unusual occurrence at the […] Read More

Politics Posted on11th May 20172nd August 2017

Why #GE17 will be known as the anti-politics election

With mandate fatigue paralysing the body politic, it’s little wonder that many are approaching the coming election with reluctance, dread, and a real sense that […] Read More

Politics Posted on7th May 20177th February 2018

Stability for the Precariat?

If a week is a long time in politics a lifetime must seem interminable. Yet for Theresa May, so anxious to ramp up a mood […] Read More

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