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As a woman thrust on to the political stage and baffled by the anger and depth of negative feeling I have been targeted with, Mary Beard's 'Women & Power: A Manifesto' brought me a sense of solidarity, power and determination. ”
As a country we have more of a political constitution than a legal one, and as such it operates via conventions and precedents. ”
Poll after poll has shown that a no-deal Brexit is emphatically not what the public wants - whatever the Leave campaign-staffed No 10 press office may tell lobby correspondents. ”
The E.U. elections provide an opportunity for the people of the United Kingdom to knock some sense into the heads of their political leaders. ”
In more stable political times, a low turnout in the E.U. elections was a luxury we could afford. ”
Democracy abhors a vacuum. ”
It is a tenet of representative democracy that MPs are not delegates for their constituents. This means that their decisions and actions are ultimately governed by putting the best interests of all their constituency before all else. ”
Psychological mapping for political ends is now going to be part of every campaign. ”
In the mother of parliaments, it is not too much to ask that our politicians stand up for all our best interests. ”
British electoral law forbids different campaign organisations acting in concert unless they have a shared cap on spending. ”