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Ahead of the Scottish election on May 6, the former Scottish Labour leader explains what’s at stake – and what could happen next.
An incoherent Brexit policy has ended the DUP leader’s career – but her party can’t pretend they didn’t giver her full support.
Plus, how researchers have discovered a biological switch that can turn neuroplasticity on and off in the brain. Listen to episode 13 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Hastings and Bannockburn didn’t exactly bring people together, but they remind us that the component parts of the UK are inextricably linked.
A lie is halfway around the world before the truth gets its trousers on.
Explaining the organisations and laws that are supposed to govern the link between money and influence.
Religious voters have long, historical ties to particular parties, but the changing nature of politics is shifting their allegiances.
We studied shared values within England and found an even larger gulf between Northerners and Southerners than we did between English and Scots.
The former prime minister didn’t break any rules in his relations with Greensill – because the rules hardly exist.
Loyalist groups stand accused of encouraging young people to riot. Research suggests paramilitary groups do continue to wield significant power in certain areas of Northern Ireland.
Brexit is only the latest episode of cynicism and scaremongering at the top of unionism
Beyond the immediate questions of NHS funding and the timing of decisions, some controversial governance choices need to be urgently addressed.
Differences between regions has been a major political theme in recent years and it shows in the polling.
More voters trust the Conservatives with the pandemic – and the pandemic is the most important issue of the day.
Protest has not been explicitly outlawed during the pandemic. So let’s not pretend Clapham protesters should have expected the police response.
In the absence of a brand, the Labour leader’s opponents are creating one for him.
The town just so happens to be right next to the chancellor’s constituency.
If we care that MPs treat all their constituents fairly, we should support work that tests them on their biases – even the implicit ones.
Empty chambers and cancelled conferences deny the public a vital feedback loop when politicians are presenting their ideas.
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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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Senior Lecturer in Politics, Edge Hill University
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Associate Professor of British Politics, University of Leeds
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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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University of Nottingham
