DR SHEILA LAWLOR

History Publications

• In preparation: British Politics and Social Policy in the 1940s (Working title)
• ‘Britain and the Russian entry into the war’ in Diplomacy and Intelligence during the Second World War, ed. Richard Langhorne, (Cambridge, 2004), 168-83
• Churchill and the Politics of War, 1940-41 (Cambridge 1994)
• Britain and Ireland, 1914-23 (Gill and Macmillan, 1983)
• ‘Greece, March 1941: The Politics of British Military Intervention’, Historical Journal 25 (1982), 933-946

Policy Publications

• History, Whose History?: The Battle for the School Curriculum, D. Abulafia, S. Lawlor, D. H. Robinson, Feb 2023
• Reforming Legal Aid, S. Lawlor, G. Rice, J. Fisher QC, M. Hardy, E. Ligere and J. Taghdissian, March 2022
• The Lawyers Advise: UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement – Unfinished Business?, M. Howe QC, B. Reynolds, D. Collins, J. Webber and S. Lawlor, May 2021
• Paying for Elderly Social Care: What Principles? What Aims?, S. Hammond MP, S. Lawlor (Ed.), M. Powell and C. Wilson, July 2020
• *Now or Never: Countering the Coup Against Britain’s Democracy, Sheila Lawlor, October 2019
• *Deal, No Deal? The Battle for Britain’s Democracy, Sheila Lawlor, October 2018
• *Reversing Decline: Vocational Education and Training for a Highly Skilled Workforce, Sheila Lawlor, April 2018
• The State, National Identity and Schools, S. Lawlor, Claire Legras, P. Mattei, C. Michon, R. Gildea, R. Tombs and J. Marenbon, December 2017
• Triggering Article 50, Courts, Government and Parliament, D. Abulafia, J. Clark, P. Crisp, D. Howarth, S. Lawlor (Ed.) and R. Tombs, January 2017
• *Ruling the Ruler: Parliament, the People and Britain’s Political Identity, Sheila Lawlor, June 2016
• Banking on Recovery: Towards an accountable, stable financial sector, J. McFall, S. Kamall, G. Lyons, R. Roberts, F. Capie, G. Wood, K. Matthews, D. B. Smith, M. Powell, E. Michaels and S. Lawlor, April 2016
• Nuclear Options: Powering the Future, R. Cashmore, D. Mowat, S. Taylor and S. Lawlor, January 2014
• The Financial Sector and the UK Economy: The Danger of Over-Regulation,  J. McFall, K. Matthews, P. Minford, D.  Green, J. Dannhauser, J. Hodgson, S. Cochrane, D. B. Smith and S. Lawlor, July 2013
• Latin for Language Lovers: Ancient Languages, the New Curriculum and GCSE, D. Butterfield, S. Anderson, K. Radice, D. Sullivan and S. Lawlor (Ed.), July 2013
• Latin for Language Learners: Opening Opportunities for Primary Pupils, C. Pelling, L. Morgan and S. Lawlor, June 2010
• Teachers Matter: Recruitment, Employment and Retention at Home and Abroad, D. Burghes, J. Howson, S. Lawlor (Ed.), J. Marenbon, J. O’Leary and C. Woodhead, July 2009
• Teaching Matters: The Recruitment, Employment and Retention of Teachers, D. Burghes, S. Lawlor (Ed.), B. Moon, J. O’Leary, A. Smithers and C. Woodhead, July 2007
• *Forever Enslaved? Female Dependency and the State, Sheila Lawlor, July 2006
• Policing Matters: Recruitment, Training and Motivation, A. Howlett Bolton, A. Burden, T. Caplin, Sheila Lawlor (Ed.), D. Ramsbotham, K. Rutherford and C. Woodhead, 2005
• Comparing Standards: Teaching the Teachers. The Report of the Politeia Education Commission, D. Burghes, S. Lawlor (Ed.), J.  Marenbon, B. Moon, A. Smithers and C. Woodhead, October 2004
• Systems for Success: Models for Healthcare Reform, S. Lawlor, G. Baum, J-L. de Brive and D. Lal, February 2004
• *A Levels: Fiasco and Future, Sheila Lawlor, January 2003
• Comparing Standards: Academic and Vocational, 16-19 Year Olds. The Report of the Politeia Education Commission, D. Burghes, S. Lawlor (Ed.), H. Lutz, J. Marenbon, S. Patiar S. Prais, A. Smithers, R. Tombs and C. Woodhead, June 2002
• *Second Opinion? Moving the NHS Monopoly to a Mixed System, Sheila Lawlor, December 2001
• *Beveridge or Brown? Contribution and Redistribution: The Real Social Security Debate, Sheila Lawlor, July 1998
• *Liberal Conservatism: The Tradition of Small Government, Sheila Lawlor, November 1995

• Reforming Legal Aid, S. Lawlor, G. Rice, J. Fisher QC, M. Hardy, E. Ligere and J. Taghdissian, March 2022
• The Lawyers Advise: UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement – Unfinished Business?, M. Howe QC, B. Reynolds, D. Collins, J. Webber and S. Lawlor, May 2021
• Paying for Elderly Social Care: What Principles? What Aims?, S. Hammond MP, S. Lawlor (Ed.), M. Powell and C. Wilson, July 2020
• *Now or Never: Countering the Coup Against Britain’s Democracy, Sheila Lawlor, October 2019
• *Deal, No Deal? The Battle for Britain’s Democracy, Sheila Lawlor, October 2018
• *Reversing Decline: Vocational Education and Training for a Highly Skilled Workforce, Sheila Lawlor, April 2018
• The State, National Identity and Schools, S. Lawlor, Claire Legras, P. Mattei, C. Michon, R. Gildea, R. Tombs and J. Marenbon, December 2017
• Triggering Article 50, Courts, Government and Parliament, D. Abulafia, J. Clark, P. Crisp, D. Howarth, S. Lawlor (Ed.) and R. Tombs, January 2017
• *Ruling the Ruler: Parliament, the People and Britain’s Political Identity, Sheila Lawlor, June 2016
• Banking on Recovery: Towards an accountable, stable financial sector, J. McFall, S. Kamall, G. Lyons, R. Roberts, F. Capie, G. Wood, K. Matthews, D. B. Smith, M. Powell, E. Michaels and S. Lawlor, April 2016
• Nuclear Options: Powering the Future, R. Cashmore, D. Mowat, S. Taylor and S. Lawlor, January 2014
• The Financial Sector and the UK Economy: The Danger of Over-Regulation,  J. McFall, K. Matthews, P. Minford, D.  Green, J. Dannhauser, J. Hodgson, S. Cochrane, D. B. Smith and S. Lawlor, July 2013
• Latin for Language Lovers: Ancient Languages, the New Curriculum and GCSE, D. Butterfield, S. Anderson, K. Radice, D. Sullivan and S. Lawlor (Ed.), July 2013
• Latin for Language Learners: Opening Opportunities for Primary Pupils, C. Pelling, L. Morgan and S. Lawlor, June 2010
• Teachers Matter: Recruitment, Employment and Retention at Home and Abroad, D. Burghes, J. Howson, S. Lawlor (Ed.), J. Marenbon, J. O’Leary and C. Woodhead, July 2009
• Teaching Matters: The Recruitment, Employment and Retention of Teachers, D. Burghes, S. Lawlor (Ed.), B. Moon, J. O’Leary, A. Smithers and C. Woodhead, July 2007
• *Forever Enslaved? Female Dependency and the State, Sheila Lawlor, July 2006
• Policing Matters: Recruitment, Training and Motivation, A. Howlett Bolton, A. Burden, T. Caplin, Sheila Lawlor (Ed.), D. Ramsbotham, K. Rutherford and C. Woodhead, 2005
• Comparing Standards: Teaching the Teachers. The Report of the Politeia Education Commission, D. Burghes, S. Lawlor (Ed.), J.  Marenbon, B. Moon, A. Smithers and C. Woodhead, October 2004
• Systems for Success: Models for Healthcare Reform, S. Lawlor, G. Baum, J-L. de Brive and D. Lal, February 2004
• *A Levels: Fiasco and Future, Sheila Lawlor, January 2003
• Comparing Standards: Academic and Vocational, 16-19 Year Olds. The Report of the Politeia Education Commission, D. Burghes, S. Lawlor (Ed.), H. Lutz, J. Marenbon, S. Patiar S. Prais, A. Smithers, R. Tombs and C. Woodhead, June 2002
• *Second Opinion? Moving the NHS Monopoly to a Mixed System, Sheila Lawlor, December 2001
• *Beveridge or Brown? Contribution and Redistribution: The Real Social Security Debate, Sheila Lawlor, July 1998
• *Liberal Conservatism: The Tradition of Small Government, Sheila Lawlor, November 1995

Blog

• Small Boats, Big Decisions
  November 17, 2023
• The Right to Protest
  October 13, 2023
• Controlling Britain’s Borders. Sir Keir Starmer Rolls the Dice 
  September 22, 2023
• Our Lawless Cities
  April 21, 2023
• A New Battlefield
  November 4, 2022
• MUCH TO PLAY FOR
  October 7, 2022
• A Stomach for the Fight?
  July 15, 2022
• Calling Time on the Protocol
  May 20, 2022
• Hard Decisions v Protracted War
  March 11, 2022
• Playing by the Rules – Has Boris failed?
  January 14, 2022
• Paying the Price
  December 17, 2021
• What’s Fair? Funding Social Care
  November 27, 2021
• Manchester’s Mixed Messages: The High Tax Threat to High Productivity
  October 8, 2021
• At Odds – with his Party or his Country? Keir Starmer’s Dilemma
  October 2, 2021
• Unlocking Liberty
  June 4, 2021
• Bad Laws Make Bad Policing
  March 19, 2021
• Less State, Not More: A 25th Anniversary Message
  November 13, 2020
• The Government’s arbitrary ban on public worship is an assault on religious freedom and must be challenged
  November 5, 2020
• Mother of the Free?
  September 4, 2020
• All Lives Matter!
  June 26, 2020
• Freedom, not Slogans
  May 28, 2020
• Boris Must Take Back Control
  May 1, 2020
• Coronavirus – Choice or Compulsion?
  March 20, 2020
• Celebrating Brexit Day
  January 31, 2020
• Taking Back Control
  December 13, 2019
• Third Time Lucky!
  December 10, 2019
• Labour’s Abandoned Voters
  November 1, 2019
• Now or Never!
  October 18, 2019
• No Right to Rule – MPs v the People
  September 6, 2019
• Obstructing Democracy: Parliament v People
  August 29, 2019
• Summer Blog: Battle Lines and Bridges
  August 5, 2019
• A Constitution like No Other
  May 24, 2019
• Governing with Consent?
  March 22, 2019
• Parliament v People?
  February 22, 2019
• Brussels Plays the Irish Card: The Withdrawal Treaty, not Brexit, poses the real danger to the stability of Ireland
  November 23, 2018
• Constitutionally Lacking?
  November 16, 2018
• Corbyn’s Unlikely Bid for Power
  September 28, 2018
• A £40bn Boost for the UK Economy? The Economics of a ‘no deal’ Brexit
  June 7, 2018
• Training to Compete
  April 27, 2018
• ‘ “SOFT BORDER” v SELF INTEREST’, BY SHEILA LAWLOR
  March 23, 2018
• Michel Barnier’s French Logic
  February 2, 2018
• Manchester Matters
  October 6, 2017
• A Mandate to Move
  August 2, 2017
• Brexit Wins Through!
  June 16, 2017
• Private Insurance for Social Care! Better than State Supplicancy
  May 26, 2017
• Capping Energy Prices to Uncap the Market?
  May 12, 2017
• Two Aims, Two Histories
  March 31, 2017
• Time for a Truce on Grammars, Mr Corbyn!
  March 24, 2017
• Hard Choices!
  February 24, 2017
• All Change!
  December 23, 2016
• A Victory for the Voters
  November 11, 2016
• Sir Michael Misses the Point… Selection benefits the many, not just the few
  October 21, 2016
• May’s Working Mandate
  October 7, 2016
• Going for Broke? Labour’s reckless gamble
  September 30, 2016
• Britain’s Quiet Revolution – Effective, bloodless and immediate
  August 1, 2016
• Freedom Not Fantasy
  June 24, 2016
• ‘Ruling the Ruler: Parliament, the People and Britain’s Political Identity’, by Sheila Lawlor
  June 20, 2016
• Voting Matters
  May 6, 2016
• Old Truths Not New Politics! A Surer Way to Success for Mr Osborne
  March 19, 2016
• Big State- Big Deal!
  February 19, 2016
• Opportunity Knocks! Remembering Lord Parkinson…
  January 29, 2016
• Tougher Decisions… Make Britain Safer
  December 4, 2015
• Sovereignty V Uncertainty?
  October 9, 2015
• Substance not Style
  October 2, 2015
• National Treasure or Biased Broadcaster?
  September 11, 2015
• No Quick Fix to the Immigration Crisis
  September 4, 2015
• ‘Bribe the voters – pay the price’, by Sheila Lawlor
  July 17, 2015
• ‘Mind over Muddle’, by Sheila Lawlor
  June 26, 2015
• Neither Democrats nor Liberal
  May 1, 2015
• A fair win for free trade?
  March 13, 2015
• Cut Taxes, Not Benefits!
  March 6, 2015
• Immigration Matters
  February 27, 2015
• All Change in Rotherham?
  February 6, 2015
• Public Spending: Whom Should we Believe?
  December 19, 2014
• Free Movement: Time to Think Again?
  November 21, 2014
• Blame the Message, Not the Man
  November 14, 2014
• Religious Persecution – One Cost of Populism?
  November 7, 2014
• Contract With the People
  October 10, 2014
• Sound Bite Socialism Brings Cold Comfort
  September 26, 2014
• Scotland’s No Vote lets the Genie out of the Bottle
  September 19, 2014
• Changing the European Economic Model?
  September 5, 2014
• London Works
  August 6, 2014
• ‘No Stone Unturned?’, by Sheila Lawlor
  July 11, 2014
• Little Ed Riding Hood
  July 4, 2014
• Laws Against Grammar Schools – Misguided Class Warfare
  June 20, 2014
• The Sceptical Majority
  May 23, 2014
• Fools’ Paradise or Nation State?
  April 25, 2014
• Gender Balance, or Good Government?
  April 11, 2014
• One Per Cent Too Much
  March 14, 2014
• If Welfare is to Work, Morality Matters
  February 28, 2014
• Politics? Whose Politics? The Left have Double Standards when it comes to Public Appointments
  February 7, 2014
• More Than Britain Can Bear – A Budget at too high a price
  March 21, 2013
• Benefit Caps – No Substitute for Contributions
  January 11, 2013
• Michael Gove’s Exam Reforms Score High Marks with Academics
  September 20, 2012
• ‘Budget 2012: Juggling Tax Thresholds is Not Enough’, by Sheila Lawlor
  March 22, 2012
• ‘What Price for Fiscal Union?’, by Sheila Lawlor
  January 30, 2012
• ‘Cutting the Burden of the State’, by Sheila Lawlor
  January 20, 2012