Who knows?
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June 9, 2017
James Tilley , University of Oxford ; Ben Williams , University of Salford ; Daniel Fitzpatrick , Aston University ; John Garry , Queen's University Belfast ; Kathryn Simpson , Manchester Metropolitan University ; Laura McAllister , Cardiff University ; Matthew Cole , University of Birmingham ; Michael Kitson , Cambridge Judge Business School ; Neil Matthews , University of Bristol ; Parveen Akhtar , Aston University ; Richard Murphy , City, University of London ; Robin Pettitt , Kingston University ; Stuart Wilks-Heeg , University of Liverpool , and William McDougall , Glasgow Caledonian University
Rolling coverage of the general election results from expert academics.
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Making manifesto promises is a misleading trend that is distorting the role of politicians and parliament
All tied up?
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If the purple vote turns blue…
Henry Lawford
The Irish republicans stand for parliament but don’t attend when they win. It’s high time that changed.
British Prime Minister Theresa May called on Tuesday for an early election.
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Wondering how the U.K. government can just decide to dissolve itself and call for a general election? As our expert explains, it’s not uncommon.
Out of a clear blue sky?
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A look at the pressure points for the contenders in this last minute election.
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Even when a response goes to plan, lessons can be learnt.
A matter of tone.
EPA/Jack Taylor
Whatever you think of her politics, May’s decision to rise above divisive tough talk was an admirable one.
Westminster in lockdown.
EPA/Andy Rain
There had been warnings and the city was on high alert. Police are now conducting a major terrorist investigation.
Disabled campaigners take to the streets of London to demand rights in 1995.
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New research has found the UK parliament is fraught with institutionalised ableism
The Lord Speaker, Lord Fowler, during the debate on the Brexit bill.
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Peers have sent the Brexit bill back to MPs with changes calling for a vote on a final deal, and the protection of EU nationals in Britain.
Preparing for the Kaufman show, AKA the Culture, Media and Sport Committee.
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The House of Commons’ longest-serving MP has died, aged 86.
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If you think Brexit will be the issue that brings elections to the upper chamber, think again.
The government’s Article 50 bill has passed without amendment.
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Despite pages and pages of proposed amendments, not a single one was passed.
Herry Lawford
The past year has seen more parliamentarians take the ‘Chiltern Hundreds’ than at any time since the 1970s.
Anyone stepping to me, you’ll get burned,
PA/Dan Kitwood
Does the holder of the key have the right to lock the door on the leader of the free world?
Did Diane Abbott get lost in the fog on the way to Westminster?
PA/Yui Mok
After all the build up, you’d have been forgiven for expecting something a bit more impressive from parliament’s debate on triggering Article 50.
Palace of Westminster at dusk in 2007.
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A century before the modern environmental era, experts realized that London’s dirty air was corroding its new Parliament building. This insight led to some of the first air pollution laws.
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It’s only two lines long, but this piece of parliamentary business could cause a lot of trouble.
Gina Miller, whose challenge against the government has gone to the Supreme Court.
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Great expectations or much ado about nothing?