You know that feeling when you’re on your plane and every time you open your mouth, dozens of people write down everything you say? Oh, you don’t?
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People with higher power and status are less good at reading others – and there’s an unexpected explanation.
Could Welsh parliament politicians be criminalised for telling untruths?
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Plaid Cymru’s Adam Price is leading proposals to make lying by politicians a criminal offence.
The incoming government will have to keep its promises on tax.
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Both parties hope growing the economy can help them avoid difficult choices.
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Study shows that even people who didn’t vote for Boris Johnson in 2019 were swayed by his grin.
Lagos has a long history of housing demolition.
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Resistance from the residents of informal settlements against housing evictions is not a new thing in Lagos, Nigeria.
Alf Bruseth, ‘Politician Coin Bank’ (1938).
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Why do so many Americans share the concern that success and integrity are in conflict, as if one comes at the expense of the other?
Rep. George Santos in the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 7, 2023.
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A scholar of political deception says there is something especially deceitful about George Santos, and his success getting elected demonstrates mastery of something more than just pathological lying.
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We found lobbying registers were hard to navigate and not detailed enough.
Donald Trump, left, and Joe Biden, both photographed on Nov. 2, 2023, are two of the three oldest men ever to serve as president.
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Many years beyond the average American retirement age, politicians vie for power and influence. Their constituents tend to prefer they step back and pass the torch to younger people.
President Joe Biden eats an ice cream cone at a Baskin-Robbins in Portland, Ore., in October 2022.
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When politicians talk more about their personal lives and less about politics, it makes people from the opposing side of the political line see them as people and like them more.
Mitch McConnell, Diane Feinstein and Joe Biden are all over 80 years old, joining a number of politicians who are staying in office well past their 70s.
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While there are minimum age requirements for people who want to hold political office in the US, there are no limits on when someone must retire.
Michael Gove claimed in 2016 that ‘people in this country have had enough of experts’.
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Our research highlights three key reasons for declining trust in experts, and how to regain their authority in future.
Ordinary Greeks wielded power via direct democracy.
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Those who seek power for the sake of power are less attracted to high office when more people get a say.
The High Court in Accra, Ghana’s capital. Strengthening the judiciary would ensure a better democratic outcome.
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Ghana’s flawed democracy has failed to establish mechanisms to effectively control corruption.
Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth Marci Ien rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in October 2022.
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Research suggests that women may be underrepresented in politics because parties act as gatekeepers and tend to choose men over women as candidates.
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Since the 2008 financial crisis, politicians from a range of parties and countries have reported losing respect for experts.
When politicians swear we might think they’re simply overcome with emotion. But there’s often more going on behind the language they use.
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Politicians dropping the f-bomb tend to be seen as acting out of emotion, but the way we use taboo language is often about what we can accomplish by violating rules.
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Checks on information shared by politicians in Europe and the US showed those in the US shared more untrustworthy material.
Joe Biden is the oldest person to be sworn in as US president. New research shows politicians are likely to live longer than the populations they represent.
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The public expects transparency about politicians’ earnings, but it’s not the only area where elite groups have an advantage.
Capturing the public’s attention is about standing out in a crowd of influencers.
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Social influencers vie for public attention in a crowded market place. This makes the bold and the ruthless even more likely to opt for strategic dishonesty if it will further their interests.