Default

Latest articles

News
Egyptian protests are dominating debate
‘Weak western stance’ sustained Mubarak

By Alex Stevenson Western states including Britain helped sustain Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in power, an expert has told politics.co.uk. Nadim Shehadi of foreign policy thinktank Chatham House said the west’s tolerant attitude to Egyptian human rights abuses was part of a wider “weak” attitude towards pro-democratisation. He said the threat of the Muslim Brotherhood,… Read more »

News
Have new-look Conservatives changed?
Tory modernisation ‘tactical’

By Alex Stevenson David Cameron’s approach to employment relations reveals his “tactical” approach to modernising the Conservatives, new analysis shows. Research from the University of Portsmouth suggests the Tory leader’s initial progress in changing his party’s approach had not been sustained because of political imperatives. It notes that the “modernising tide ebbed” in 2008 and… Read more »