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Things could only get better. Or could they?
Talk of punishing parties for their stance on the referendum may be overhyped – not least because of all the confusion about where each actually stands.
The particularities of the British electoral system make working together unrealistic.
Labour must develop its pro-social and pro-working class agenda for an electorate that has been failed by globalisation and EU integration.
Expect big companies to muscle in on the law-making.
The two main parties in Stormont still haven’t reached a power-sharing deal, and a national vote is unlikely to help matters.
One topic will feature very heavily on the campaign trail, but how will this vote affect work in Brussels?
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This episode of The Anthill podcast delves into the world of memory. We talk to psychologists, historians and political scientists about how and why we remember some things and forget others.
In calling a snap election, the prime minister accused her opponents of playing party politics. She should know.
A look at the pressure points for the contenders in this last minute election.
The prime minister knows how to use the element of surprise to her advantage.
Theresa May has clearly read up on her history before calling a vote for June 8.
By calling a national vote now, the prime minister can strengthen her own position at home and at the Brexit negotiating table.
Theresa May has read the economic runes – and called an election while she still confidently can.
Both the EU and UK would do well to heed the lessons of the League of Nations when it comes to membership withdrawal.
Will the UK have to pay a vast sum of money to the EU in order to leave it – or will it get cash back?
Next the negotiations begin, and Britain has two years to negotiate a trade deal with the EU if it wants to avoid the WTO cliff edge.
The starting gun has been fired but political pressures on both sides of the Channel make a settlement a tall order.
The two-year period for withdrawing from the EU has been launched, so what happens next?
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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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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University
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British Politics Lecturer, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor of Politics, Richmond American International University
