Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
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In this panel event from the Mile End Institute's New Labour, New Britain conference, Dr Lise Butler considers the position that the Labour Party finds itself in today and asks where next for the Party under Keir Starmer's leadership.
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Governance, Leadership, Domestic Politics, and Labour Party
Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
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Following a panel discussion at the Mile End Institute's New Labour, New Britain conference, Polly Toynbee, Will Hutton and Sunder Katwala answer questions from our in-person audience about the extent to which New Labour effected a 'Blair Revolution' in British politics.
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Governance, Leadership, Domestic Politics, and Labour Party
Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
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In this panel discussion from the Mile End Institute's New Labour, New Britain conference, Will Hutton reflects on the achievements and failings of Tony Blair's governments and considers whether he affected a 'Blair Revolution' in British politics and society.
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Governance, Leadership, Domestic Politics, and Labour Party
Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
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n this panel discussion from the Mile End Institute's New Labour, New Britain conference, Sunder Katwala considers whether there was a 'Blair Revolution' in British politics, how the Blair-Brown administrations changed Britain and how important identity has been to contemporary political discourse.
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Governance, Leadership, Domestic Politics, Transition, and Labour Party
Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
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In this panel event from the Mile End Institute's New Labour, New Britain conference, Polly Toynbee considers whether there was a 'Blair Revolution' in British politics and reflects on her own experiences of campaigning and reporting during the 1980s and 1990s.
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Governance, Leadership, Domestic Politics, and Labour Party
Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
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n his Keynote Address to the Mile End Institute's New Labour, New Britain conference, the former Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, explores the significance of the 1997 Election and the New Labour 'Project', before considering what the Labour Party can learn from 1997 twenty-five years on.
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Governance, Elections, Domestic Politics, and Labour Party
Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
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Following his Keynote Address to the Mile End Institute's New Labour, New Britain conference on Friday 6 May 2022, David Miliband took questions from our in-person audience about his time in both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's governments as well as his thoughts on the future of the Labour Party.
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Governance, Leadership, Domestic Politics, and Labour Party
Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
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On Friday 6 May 2022, Professor Matthew Hilton (Vice Principal for Humanities and Social Sciences) introduces the Rt Hon David Miliband, who delivered the Keynote Address at the Mile End Institute's New Labour, New Britain conference to mark the 25th anniversary of New Labour's landslide victory in the 1997 General Election.
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Governance, Elections, Leadership, Domestic Politics, and Labour Party
Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
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In the first session of the Mile End Institute's New Labour, New Britain conference, Dame Margaret Hodge, Professor Sarah Childs, Caroline Flint and John McTernan answer questions from our in-person audience on 'Modernisation and Change' on the Road to the 1997 Election.
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Elections, Leadership, Domestic Politics, and Labour Party
Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
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n the first session of the Mile End Institute's New Labour, New Britain conference on 'Modernisation and Change in the 1997 Campaign', Dame Margaret Hodge reflects on the fall-out from the Wilson and Callaghan governments, how the Labour Party changed before 1997 and the contribution of Local Government to New Labour's landslide in May 1997.
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Governance, Elections, Leadership, Local, and Labour Party
Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
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In the first session of the Mile End Institute's New Labour, New Britain conference on 'Modernisation and Change in the 1997 Campaign', the journalist, John McTernan, reflects on the significance of the 1997 election and his time as Director of Political Operations for Tony Blair from 2005 to 2007.
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Governance, Elections, Leadership, and Labour Party
Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
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In the first session of the Mile End Institute's New Labour, New Britain conference on 'Modernisation and Change in the 1997 campaign', Professor Sarah Childs reflects on the 'watershed' importance of New Labour in advancing the number of women in Parliament and considers whether New Labour fundamentally changed how women feel about politics and Britain's political institutions.
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Governance, Domestic Politics, Feminism, Gender, and Labour Party
Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
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In the first session of the Mile End Institute's New Labour, New Britain conference on 'Modernisation and Change in the 1997 Campaign', the former MP for Don Valley, Caroline Flint, reflects on how New Labour changed the Labour Party and her experiences serving in the Blair and Brown governments.
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Governance, Elections, Leadership, Domestic Politics, and Labour Party
Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
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In this presentation, Professor Tim Bale explores the result of the 1997 General Election and considers how New Labour changed the electoral geography of the United Kingdom.
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Governance, Elections, Leadership, Domestic Politics, and Labour Party
Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
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In his introduction to the Mile End Institute's New Labour, New Britain conference on Friday 6 May, Professor Steven Fielding explores the impact on New Labour's 'modernisation' efforts in the 1997 General Election campaign, before introducing Professor Tim Bale.
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Governance, Elections, Leadership, Domestic Policy, and Labour Party
Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
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On Thursday 5 May, Londoners will go to the polls to elect nearly 2000 councillors and 5 new mayors across 32 boroughs, for the first time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In association with YouGov, the Mile End Institute has polled Londoners to find out how they intend to vote on 5 May, how living in the Capital during the Covid-19 pandemic has changed their perception of the City and how much trust they have in the Metropolitan Police.
At this Breakfast Webinar, held on Thursday 24 March, Farah Hussain (Polling London Project Manager) and Dr Patrick Diamond (Director of the MEI) present our findings, before Lewis Baston, Jenna Goldberg, and Sadiya Akram give their thoughts on the significance of these results and what they tell us about politics and policy in London.
Donors face increasing pressure to do more with less, even in the most fragile contexts. This policy brief analyzes how organizational factors within governments create obstacles for good peacebuilding financing—and proposes options for overcoming them.
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Reform, Finance, Bureaucracy, Donors, and Peacebuilding
Britain and Africa are deeply connected through their history and people as much as through trade, investment, aid, and culture.
They can both benefit greatly from this relationship – especially in areas where their interests converge, including economic development, security, education, and climate.
But political forces on both sides could push them apart – even as, increasingly, Britain needs Africa more than Africa needs Britain.
The British government and the EU need to understand the relationship in its geostrategic context – the influence of China, Russia, Gulf states, and others affects African countries’ views on their place in the world.
A closer and more responsive relationship between Britain, Africa, and the EU would have significant benefits for all sides – partly because each is weaker individually than they are together, and because Britain still has strengths that are most useful in cooperation with others.
But this will only be possible if the British government significantly changes its approach to Europe as well as to Africa.
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Foreign Policy, European Union, Investment, and Trade
In March 2021, the British government published a vision document: “Global Britain
in a Competitive Age: The Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and
Foreign Policy.”1
Previously, the government had issued documents on security, defense,
development, or foreign policy, but this integrated review bundled together all aspects of
policy related to a vision of a so-called Global Britain. This newly integrated approach to
policymaking mirrors a strategic consolidation within the UK government, specifically the
merger of the Department for International Development (DFID) with the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office to become a new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
(FCDO). While the review is framed as a necessary response to a changing global landscape,
domestic political considerations around the British exit from the European Union (Brexit)
weigh heavily. The review also points to the current UK government’s inclination to prize
geopolitical competition over a previous emphasis on global cooperation.
Steep cuts to the UK’s generous foreign aid budget as well as the abolition of DFID have
already drawn significant academic, policy, and media attention. Yet these actions are
part of a broader UK strategy to redefine the country’s relations to the rest of the world,
with significant implications beyond the controversial foreign aid cuts for poor countries,
including those in Africa. The review will shape relations with a continent that has deep
historical ties from the colonial era, a large diasporic presence, and long-standing economic
relations with the UK. This analysis draws out the implications of the UK’s 2021 integrated
review for African countries and recommends next steps for African and other international
stakeholders to navigate the UK’s overhauled external relations strategy.
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Security, Foreign Policy, Defense Policy, Development, and Integration