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“A New Internationalism” v. “We Will Strengthen Britain In The World” in British General Election manifestos, 2019 – with reference to 1945

“A New Internationalism” v. “We Will Strengthen Britain In The World” in British General Election manifestos, 2019 – with reference to 1945

by chloe | Dec 7, 2019 | Elections

by Antoine Capet (University of Rouen) When reading the party manifestos for the forthcoming General Election, I was struck by the evolution in party thinking – at least as expressed to the voters – since the war. In my lecturing, I used to dwell on the difference...
Commonwealth perspectives: Ideals, memories and sentiments

Commonwealth perspectives: Ideals, memories and sentiments

by chloe | Apr 19, 2018 | Imperial and Postcolonial History, Is the Commonwealth relevant? series, The Commonwealth

by J Howard M Jones, Senior Research Fellow When first teaching at the University of Reading, a student from Fiji recounted to me the experience of attending a garden party at Buckingham Palace. When introduced, with her husband, to the Queen, they knelt and clapped...
A Flutter of Butterfly Wings: New Challenges for Gibraltar

A Flutter of Butterfly Wings: New Challenges for Gibraltar

by chloe | Aug 7, 2017 | Imperial and Postcolonial History, Regions, The Commonwealth

by Dr Maria Mut, Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies Two classical physics theories perfectly apply to the current situation in Gibraltar. The first has been attributed to Heraclitus: ‘Everything flows, moves and nothing lasts forever’. The second one...

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