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Making a ‘boring’ campaign more exciting, or just distracting from the issues that matter most?
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Research from political science shows that rightwing voters respond to narratives that harken back to a better time.
Almay
Addressing serious disconnects between Labour and its ‘traditional’ constituencies remains a key challenge for Keir Starmer’s party.
Alamy/Wayne Hutchinson
Local pubs play an important role in local identity – itself a known driver in support for radical-right parties.
In recent decades, musicians have been quick to object to the use of their material by the far-right.
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After rioters outside the US Capitol sang Bob Marley’s ‘Three Little Birds’, here are more global instances when history has sounded a little out of tune.
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There are lots of options for Brexit supporters, but that won’t make it an easy choice.
Farage launches his Brexit Party, ahead of the European parliament elections.
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The EU saw this coming and is ready for Farage’s ‘Trojan horse’.
Brexit has been poorly handled by both major parties, and the only viable option now is to put a second vote to the people.
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As the UK careens towards a disastrous “no-deal” Brexit, the only sensible option is to put another vote to the people, now the implications of leaving the EU are clearer.
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By recruiting Tommy Robinson, UKIP does indeed appear to be lurching towards the far right.
Tally ho!
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The idea that welfare cuts galvanised Vote Leave risks identifying the wrong culprit.
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Research has shown that UKIP polling is driven by media coverage rather than the reverse.
Theresa May congratulates Wandsworth Conservatives after they held the borough.
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What impact did Brexit have on the local election results?
Beppe Grillo speaks in Rome on March 2, 2018..
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While often lumped with other European populist parties, Beppe Grillo’s M5S is a movement of activist fans mobilized by the messages of his “celebrity brand”.
UKIP leader Henry Bolton is under pressure after members of his senior team resigned.
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How does UKIP keep itself relevant after Brexit?
Memorial to early 1990s war in Sarajevo, Bosnia.
Clay Gilliland
Everyone has forgotten there were almost as many asylum seekers in Europe in the early 1990s as today.
UKIP leader Paul Nuttall.
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The party lost its seat in parliament and polled less than two per cent of the vote.
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.
UKIP’s Paul Nuttall stands next to the home secretary Amber Rudd during the BBC Election Debate.
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We asked two academics to check the claim made by UKIP leader Paul Nuttall.
Group of women wearing burqas.
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We asked two experts to check a claim in the UKIP manifesto.
UKIP leader Paul Nuttall.
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Immigration targets are based on a lack of understanding of the UK’s labour needs and could seriously damage the economy.