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Labour and the challenge of coherence
Or why it's hard to govern "unburdened by doctrine"
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Sam Freedman
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End of Year Review: the Middle East
And the Big Questions for 2025
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Lawrence Freedman
6
Will Reform Kill the Tory Party?
According to betting markets Nigel Farage is currently favourite to be Prime Minister after Keir Starmer.
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Sam Freedman
40
The Third Anniversary Post
It’s now three years since we launched this substack after deciding, over Christmas lunch in 2021, that a father/son format would be fun.
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Sam Freedman
 and 
Lawrence Freedman
22

December 2024

End of Year Review: the Russo-Ukraine War
For his end of year audit Sam was able to assess his performance against some reasonably objective indicators – election outcomes and the mismatch…
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Lawrence Freedman
7
The Audit: 2024
Every year, in my last piece before Christmas, I do an audit of my posts to see what I got right and wrong, with some lessons to take into next year’s…
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Sam Freedman
36
The Wrong Sort of Power
Iran, Syria, and the Vulnerability of Autocracies
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Lawrence Freedman
13
Books of the Year 2024
It’s that time of year when I reveal my favourite books of the year and hopefully give a bit of help to late present buyers.
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Sam Freedman
9
How the value divide is challenging Britain's two-party system
A guest article from Sir John Curtice and Lovisa Moller Vallgarda
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Sam Freedman
, 
John Curtice
, and 
Lovisa Moller
17
Politics vs Policy
The paralysis of technocratic government in a populist age
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Sam Freedman
34
Beyond Deterrence
And its limits in the Russo-Ukrainian War
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Lawrence Freedman
7

November 2024

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