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The 2019 UK Election Manifestos: the rise of climate emergency, and good news for animals?

International development and humanitarian assistance are not core areas for debate in any election campaign. And this isn’t just any campaign, but effectively a single issue Brexit election. Labour may be trying to move the debate beyond Brexit and focus … Continue reading

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The 2019 Labour Party Manifesto: some interesting ideas, but lacks the ambition of its domestic agenda

  Labour’s policies and approach to international development are framed within a broader theme of ‘a new internationalism’. This will be attractive to those who came to the Labour tradition from an internationalist perspective, and framing international development aspirations within … Continue reading

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The 2019 Conservative Party Manifesto: good news for pets and farm animals, but otherwise meh!

  Given the relative lack of international development in any election, never mind one which revolves principally around the issue of Brexit and the reaction to the two personalities most likely to be entering Downing Street on the 13th December, … Continue reading

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The 2019 Liberal Democrat Manifesto: climate change, inequality and the importance of multilateralism

  If you read my 2017 summary of manifestos, you will remember I was impressed with theLib Dems, a party that has traditionally exhibited some quite interesting thinking about development. So how does it stack up this time around? The … Continue reading

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The 2019 Green Party Manifesto: right all along?

  At the heart of the Green Party manifesto is the Green New Deal, and unsurprisingly its international development commitments are framed through that lens. Its policies are probably the most ambitious of all the parties, including: A massive increase … Continue reading

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