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Britain's electoral system: the other problem
UK's First-Past-The-Post electoral system is known to favour Labour and the Tories. What is less recognised is that it also denies critical experience to alternative parties, who therefore tend to fail as soon as they get a sniff of power.

Jan Dehn
Apr 33 min read


Distraction Politics
Anti-immigration policies are a distraction that enable our politicians to not deal with the real issues that matter to voters.

Jan Dehn
Nov 16, 20256 min read


Labour's triple challenge
Labour must fix immigration, low productivity, and soaring debt. Rejoining EU solves all three, but what about Britain's most vulnerable?

Jan Dehn
Jul 7, 20244 min read


We really need to talk about the British electoral system
The British electoral system allows parties to focus on rivals, not issues. Fundamental challenges are therefore neglected.

Jan Dehn
Apr 2, 20245 min read


UK reminds us why the European Union was created
The UK's descent into populism and nationalism illustrates perfectly the reasons why the European Union was formed.

Jan Dehn
Jan 18, 20245 min read


The UK government's false immigration narrative
The British government is lying about immigration.

Jan Dehn
Jul 31, 20234 min read


The Channel Islands: Uncomfortable questions
The UK government has bowed to pressure to hold an inquiry into Nazi concentration camps on British soil. What will it find?

Jan Dehn
Jul 22, 20235 min read


UK’s next general election will NOT be a Brexit watershed
Brexit is mad, but has lots of inertia. There are good reasons not to expect an about-face on Brexit by the next Labour government.

Jan Dehn
Jun 22, 20232 min read


The three big Brexit betrayals
Brexit proponents lied to voters during the referendum campaign in 2016. They have since gone on to betray voters too....

Jan Dehn
May 22, 202310 min read


British fascism: Where is it heading?
The Right-wing of the Conservative Party has moved further and further towards fascism. What is next?

Jan Dehn
May 19, 20236 min read
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