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Alex Bigham Articles

The arc of underachievement

Students getting their A-level results today would have spent the majority of their education under a Labour government, many starting their formative nursery years at the same time as the first secondary schools were becoming academies. With a record number of...
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Memo to Nicky Morgan

Congratulations on your new role. You inherit what has strangely become one of the most controversial jobs in politics, with serious divisions between the teaching profession and the political establishment. But don’t let your predecessor’s experience deter you from...
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The dream of nationhood

Everywhere the nation-state is in flux. From global businesses that have more spending power than many countries, to protesters using social networks to bypass the forces of law and order, the state monopoly of power is under challenge. Why, then, does the dream of...
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A matter of interpretation

It is not that often that foreign policy provides an opportunity for campaigning activity. Major issues of injustice occasionally capture the public imagination – like Joanna Lumley’s championing of the Gurkhas or Bob Geldof’s attempts to end world poverty. However,...
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