The Conservative Party is hopelessly stuck in the 1980s, and it may yet be the undoing of Liz Truss as prime minister.
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Only months into the job, Prime Minister Liz Truss is on her way out already, leaving her government in search of a new leader and a way to regain public trust.
Europeans living in the Uk and British people living in Europe say they’ve been giving more thought to their identities since Brexit.
The Conservative party is in chaos but that is perhaps a symptom of a wider problem in the British political system.
Liz Truss has appointed Jeremy Hunt to replace the chancellor who led on the now infamous mini-budget – but it may not be enough.
The top office is not a playground for ideological experiment.
Research has long shown that criminalising otherwise law-abiding citizens for their drug use is no deterrent. It only damages their life chances, in a discriminatory fashion.
The prime minister’s main obsession could lead her down a dead end.
In her first party conference speech as prime minister, Liz Truss has emphasised that growth is the only solution.
It’s bad for the party of government – and the closer you look, the worse it gets.
Crisis, which crisis?
A quick look back at the history books might have deterred the prime minister from her extreme actions.
The economic turmoil from Liz Truss’s growth plan is causing unease among Conservative MPs.
Forming a pact with the Liberal Democrats would make electoral sense in England – but Keir Starmer does not see it as a risk worth taking.
The dire economic outlook means bolder choices will be needed for an opposition party looking to win the next election.
Basic costs rise steeply for those who can least afford it.
There’s a mountain climb but there are positive signs for the opposition in the first few weeks of Liz Truss’s government,
The Labour leader is actually quite good at building a narrative but he needs to be more consistent in his efforts.
Date from Scotland and Northern Ireland shows Remainers are rethinking their place in the UK.
The death of Queen Elizabeth will not weaken the attachment of Northern Ireland’s unionists to Britain. But it is a morale blow at a time of political uncertainty.
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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, Edge Hill University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester
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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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University of Nottingham
