The Conservatives have run out of steam. Should Labour win – and it’s highly likely it will – the task facing a Starmer government will be stern and far-reaching.
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AI Steve promises to ‘reinvent democracy’.
Navigating the 21st-century electoral map is not straightforward for political parties and the politicians asking for people’s votes.
People with higher power and status are less good at reading others – and there’s an unexpected explanation.
An expected low turnout could threaten Labour’s poll lead.
A betting scandal using inside information has rocked UK politics ahead of the July election. But what exactly is inside information and how can it be misused?
With independence’s waning relevance, Labour is set to sweep up disillusioned SNP voters.
Children’s interests need to be represented in politics – here’s how that could happen.
Arguably, the two best prime ministers in recent history were the ones with the least experienced teams.
A former Labour minister on how to keep the parliamentary party happy and the conversation constructive.
Repeating negative messaging can have a sleeper effect, and influence people’s views in the longer term.
The next government faces the daunting challenge of delivering for a public that has lost faith in the idea that it can change anything.
Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, Ed Davey and John Swinney faced a live studio audience, some of whom ended up losing their temper with the politicians.
Boundary changes are making this election difficult to map, so we turned to the census.
Cleo Watson, former co-deputy chief of staff to Boris Johnson, was fined in the infamous “PartyGate” scandal involving gatherings held at government buildings while the United Kingdom was under a pandemic…
The absence of ideas about Britain’s direct neighbour and trading partner is only storing problems for the future.
Rishi Sunak hasn’t actually lost this election yet – but you wouldn’t know it after listening to his colleagues.
The top five most frequent non-politician panellists all write for The Spectator.
Data from Ukip’s performance in 2017 shows that once a certain tipping point is passed, Reform is indeed a significant threat to the Tories.
Comparing Keir Starmer’s 2024 election manifesto with Tony Blair’s 1997 document is a helpful way to understand why the vision is grander than is being portrayed.
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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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Head of Politics, Sheffield Hallam University
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Teaching Fellow, Department of History, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in British Politics, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University
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Associate Professor of Politics, Richmond American International University
