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they’re making a list: the inexorable rise of the special political adviser. the government has released its annual data on the number of special advisers it employs. andrew defty as*esses the figures and discusses. what party competition in england will look like after european parliament elections end. european parliament elections may not have been popular, but they used proportional representation – something which england’s national elections lack. heinz brandenburg looks at what this means for smaller parties, which have a hard time making headway under the. confidence motions, humble addresses and amendments: brexit’s procedural dilemmas. brexit has revealed some of the tools that govern the legislative process and how these interact with party politics. louise thompson summarises the key procedural dilemmas faced in the commons so far, and explains why things could get even more complicated in.  ‘votes for life’ for overseas electors? principles, process and party politics. a private member’s bill to extend the franchise to all british citizens living abroad is currently under consideration in parliament. susan collard explains how these proposed reforms, which have significant implications for democratic participation, have become caught up in parliamentary procedure and partisan disputes. in council democracy: towards a democratic socialist politics, editor james muldoon brings together contributors to reopen discussion of councilist ideas and movements and to take the scholarship into new realms. while the chapters evidence the continuing tensions within the literature, this is a welcome and important contribution to the revival of this de*ply emancipatory form after a tumultuous week for prime minister theresa may, who has survived a confidence vote of her parliamentary party but lost the support of a third of her mps, ben worthy as*esses her leadership in comparison to other prime ministers who succeeded to office through internal party procedures rather than at a general election.