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Heed the Normies
Why political parties shouldn't get high on their own supply
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Ben Ansell
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January 2024

How Bad Can It Get for the Conservatives?
The app is back. See if you can save the Conservatives! Or humiliate them. Up to you!
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Ben Ansell
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December 2023

The Future of Prosperity
My final Reith Lecture drops 9AM UK time on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
The Future of Solidarity
The third Reith Lecture is on Radio 4 at 9AM Wednesday (today)
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Ben Ansell
The Future of Security
My second Reith Lecture, recorded in Berlin, hits Radio 4 at 9 today
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Ben Ansell

November 2023

The Future of Democracy
My first Reith Lecture drops today at 9AM UK time
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September 2023

Why I've been away...
Some quick updates on the Reith Lectures and how to attend or listen
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Ben Ansell

July 2023

Brexit's 21st Amendment
Can the Rejoin campaign learn anything from the End of Prohibition?
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Ben Ansell
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June 2023

In Whose Interest?
The Substack Is Back! What will be the political effects of rising interest rates? And of the policies that might offset them?
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Ben Ansell
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May 2023

Tactical Coping: A Postscript
Could Reform UK save Rishi Sunak? Would PR kill the Conservatives? New tweaks to my tactical voting app.
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Ben Ansell
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Tactical Coping
The local elections look bad for the Conservative Party regardless of what polls you use.
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Ben Ansell
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April 2023

The UK's Prosperity Trap
It's the politics, stupid
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Ben Ansell
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