Opinion Articles
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Boris Johnson, Brexit and electoral blowback: the perils of a late year general election
Clifford Williamson looks at the history of autumn-winter general elections, and finds they are not generally auspicious for incumbent governments.
Read More‘Incentivising an ethical economics’. Winning Entry for the IPPR Economics Prize 2019
Read more about H&P co-founder Prof Simon Szreter's team's prize-winning plan for a step change in the UK's economic growth
Read MoreRepatriating histories: a call for global policies on the return of human remains
Human remains were unlawfully gathered from across the world in the age of colonialism – Jeremiah J Garsha argues that museums now need to adopt policies to assist Indigenous attempts to bring their people home.
Read MorePubs have a role to play in the Government’s loneliness strategy
Mark Hailwood highlights the historic role of pubs within the community – arguing that the Government's loneliness strategy would benefit from the positve contributions pubs can make with regards to social interaction.
Read MoreChlorinated chicken, the European ‘museum of farming’ and the agricultural revolution of the future
John Martin and James P. Bowen take issue with claims that a 'museum of farming' approach by the EU has constrained British agriculture – which has been strongly innovative while maintaining high welfare standards
Read MoreBrexit and the mythologies of nationalism: a warning for Wales
Richard Marsden explores the historical distinctions between nationalist movements in Scotland, Ireland and Wales – and what this means for the UK after Brexit.
Read MoreMines: the original “autonomous weapons” and the failure of early 20th century arms control
Combat drones are a contentious topic, but these are not the first “autonomous weapon” in history. Richard Dunley on the early twentieth century precedent of mines, and the lessons for those seeking arms control today.
Read MoreWhy did only some women get the vote in 1918, and what happened next?
Pat Thane on the decade of campaigning between the two Representation of the People Acts (1918 and 1928) which finally gave the vote to all adult women.
Read MoreRestrictions on British colonial migrants in an era of free movement: the case of Cyprus
Evan Smith and Andrekos Varnava trace the roots of today's “hostile environment” to Britain's treatment of Cypriots between the wars – British citizens targeted with access controls a generation before Windrush.
Read MoreGreen Brexit: a historical perspective
Mitya Pearson notes the government's plans for a “Green Brexit” and outlines the history of environmental governance in the UK – successful and unsuccessful.
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