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Long tenures, fresh faces and better representation
With the selection of Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister, things appear to have pacified, especially in the Conservative party. Still, many Tory MPs are likely to lose their seats at the next election to Labour and Lib Dem candidates, leading to another election with a huge influx of fresh faces. The 2019 cohort has garnered…
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The Cabinet and Ministers
Making sense of the new government and the processes involved Wednesday 7th September, 2022 The British government can seem odd in that every so often (in this case with a change of leadership), some of the MPs that work in a department will be redeployed to a different role, or dismissed from a ministerial role…
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…In with the new?
A new leaf for British politics Monday 5th September, 2022 The confirmation of Liz Truss as Conservative party leader today will have shocked no one who has glanced at a British newspaper in the last month. In every poll since 12th July she has held a comfortable lead over Rishi Sunak. Truss won the votes…
Demosthenes Pebbles
A short essay each week about British politics. Please comment on a post if you have anything to add – I am merely a student of politics and welcome your thoughts on what I write.
Demosthenes Pebbles 