EPA/Shawn Thew March 5, 2024 Quick, blame the deep state! The tactics at play when Tories spout conspiracy theories Adam Koper, Cardiff University When Liz Truss blames shadowy elitists for her failings as prime minister, she is leaning into a tried-and-tested formula.
Alamy/Victoria Jones/PA February 27, 2024 Lee Anderson’s Islamophobia 101: how the Conservatives dodge responsibility for the prejudice that is rife in their ranks Chris Allen, University of Leicester Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has suspended the MP over his comments about Sadiq Khan but has conspicuously failed to acknowledge the Islamophobia at the heart of the scandal.
Campaigner Chris Head delivers a petition to Downing Street in 2020. Perhaps no one was home. Alamy/ImagePlotter January 11, 2024 Post Office scandal: what the lack of action tells you about Britain’s polarised politics Stephen Barber, University of East London The victims of the Horizon scandal had no political constituency and served no existing partisan debate.