British Politics
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Biographies
Ayesha Hazarika: From Scottish Roots to the House of Lords
Introduction Ayesha Hazarika is a British broadcaster, journalist, political commentator, and Labour life peer. She is also a former government adviser and stand-up comedian. Her career has taken several turns. She worked with senior Labour politicians, including Gordon Brown, Harriet Harman, and Ed Miliband. Later, she became a familiar voice on British radio and television. Today, she is known as…
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Phillip Blond: The Thinker Behind Red Tory Politics
Introduction Phillip Blond is a British political philosopher, theologian, author and public-policy thinker. He is best known for the political idea called Red Toryism and for founding the London-based think tank ResPublica. His career took an unusual route. First came philosophy and theology. Then university teaching. Later, he moved into public policy and political debate. He became especially visible around…
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Carrie Johnson: Political Communications, Conservation and a Public Life Beyond Downing Street
Introduction Carrie Johnson spent several years working inside British politics before most of the public knew her name. She advised senior Conservative politicians, worked in party communications and eventually reached one of the Conservative Party’s leading communications positions. Yet much of the coverage that followed reduced her to something simpler: Boris Johnson’s partner, then his wife. That description is accurate,…
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