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The parliamentary year looks set to be focused on Brexit, and with battles ahead, Theresa May has backed out of a flurry of planned legislation.
Before the 2017 election, young voters were dismissed as lazy; now they’ve started voting in numbers, they’re being stereotyped as naive.
Leading isn’t all about charisma, but when you’re not seen as competent either, you’re in big trouble.
The pollsters have had another bad year – and it may be because they were so worried about repeating the mistakes of 2015.
What happens behind the scenes when one party props up another’s minority government.
The gamble to open up party decisions to non-members may have helped Labour extend their base of active members and supporters.
With the UK government in disarray, the type of Brexit that Britain faces is again open to question.
Sceptical MPs are already agreeing to return to the fold.
The stability of Theresa May’s administration depends on several variables.
History tells us that having a sidekick at Number 10 can be invaluable for a prime minister in trouble.
A country that is grievously divided along social, economic and geographical lines is in no condition to meet the challenges that lie ahead.
The British prime minister threw away a monumental poll lead and is now hanging on by a thread.
From outcast campaigner through looming electoral disaster to near-triumph, Corbyn’s remarkable political journey is far from over.
Hitting a moving target is hard, and young people don’t always do what’s expected.
Younger voters have been patronised and overlooked for too long – and when politics is meaningful for them, they take part with gusto.
Even though they won the election in Scotland, the result will be portrayed as a loss for the SNP. So where does it leave Nicola Sturgeon on a second independence referendum?
Theresa May is to rely on support from Northern Ireland’s biggest party in order to survive as a minority government. But that help doesn’t come for free.
If there’s political will, Britain could retain its membership of the single market – or it could crash out without a deal.
Britain and other member states are vulnerable, in the wake of the gamble that failed.
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Paul Whiteley is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics, University of Sheffield
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Associate Tutor in Politics and Social Sciences, Edge Hill University
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Professor of Politics & International Studies, The Open University
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Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor of British Politics, University of Leeds
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, Edge Hill University
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Ashbel Smith Professor, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas
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Teaching Fellow, Department of History, University of Birmingham
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Head of Politics, Sheffield Hallam University
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British Politics Lecturer, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University
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Associate Professor of Politics, Richmond American International University
