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It’s Election Time in the UK
By Claire Ainsley
Director of PPI's Project on Center-Left Renewal
for The Liberal Patriot
This Thursday, the United Kingdom is heading for a historic day. Voters across the UK will go to the polls in the first general election since December 2019, when the Labour Party lost its fourth successive election to Boris Johnson’s Conservatives, who won a thumping 80-seat parliamentary majority. Extraordinarily, it looks like the Labour Party will now win this election, and usher out fourteen years of continuous but chaotic Conservative governments.
In fact, pollsters are predicting not just a Labour victory but a Labour landslide and a Conservative wipe out, at the hands of a resurgent Labour Party, revived Liberal Democrats, and support for Nigel Farage’s new party Reform UK.
Most of us who have fought for the last five years working for a Labour turnaround are reluctant to talk about election certainties. Part of this is our heads—polls have been wrong before, especially about “shy Tories.” A lot of voters are still undecided, and voters are much more likely to switch parties than they used to be. But part of this reluctance is our hearts, too.
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Liberal democracy in the United States faces unprecedented challenges from both ends of the political spectrum. On the right, actions to undermine the peaceful transfer of power and suggestions to suspend the Constitution pose severe risks. Meanwhile, on the left, cultural forces on campuses are creating an environment where liberal students increasingly find it acceptable to block opposing views. But why is it happening now? And what can be done about it?
A new PPI report pins the decline of liberal democracy on the rise of identity politics that causes extremists on both ends of the political spectrum to erode liberal democratic values. Report author Richard Kahlenberg offers a comprehensive solution to strengthen liberal democratic values through education to teach students a common American identity.
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U.K. General Election Bulletin
This is the fourth and final of PPI’s weekly bulletin charting the course of the U.K. General Election, from PPI’s Claire Ainsley on the ground in the U.K.
The U.K. is entering the final days of its general election campaign, and whilst the overall polls aren’t budging much with a sustained lead for Labour, there are some undercurrents that means the result is not a foregone conclusion.
A large minority of voters are undecided, even at this late stage. In the main, these are people who voted Conservative in 2019, don’t really want to vote for them again, but are holding back from changing their vote to Labour.
Read her full analysis of all the latest developments as the crucial election looms mere days away. |
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Join Us For Our Upcoming Event!
Join our Women in Policy Alliance on Tuesday, July 9, for coffee and networking, followed by a fireside chat with book author Talila Millman.
PPI and its Mosaic Network are thrilled to host Mosaic alumna Talila Millman, author of the recently released book: "The Triumph Framework: 7 Steps to Leading Organizational Transformation." The fireside chat will also feature Sarah Paden, VP and Chief Political Director at PPI.
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Radically Pragmatic
Taking on Ticketmaster: Why Competition Benefits Consumers
On this episode of Radically Pragmatic, Dr. Diana Moss, VP and Director of Competition Policy at PPI, sits down with Russ D'Souza, co-founder of SeatGeek, and Terrell McSweeny, former Commissioner of the FTC, to discuss the Live Nation monopoly story and how Ticketmaster's restrictive policies and contracts harm consumers.
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Staff Spotlight: John Wong
 John Wong
Fiscal Policy Fellow
John Wong is a Fiscal Policy Fellow for the Progressive Policy Institute’s Center for Funding America’s Future, which develops fiscally responsible policy proposals to strengthen public investments in the foundation of our economy, modernize health and retirement programs to reflect an aging society, transform our tax code to reward work over wealth, and put the national debt on a downward trajectory.
John is also a MA Fellow with the Mercatus Center. He uses causal inference and structural econometrics to study topics in labor economics and industrial organization. He previously worked as a consultant with PwC, advising government agencies on regulatory impact and implementation.
John Wong is a MA student in Economics at George Mason University. He earned a Bachelor's in Economics and Finance from the University of Hong Kong.
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