Winston Churchill giving his final address, during the 1945 election campaign, at Walthamstow Stadium, East London.
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Even a highly popular and respected leader can lose an election, writes a historian – especially if they don’t have a plan for the future. Churchill was one of them.
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A host of alternative media outlets sprang up during Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership. But they’re not fans of his replacement.
The reality of the second world war is different from the two myths that continue to be employed today.
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From Brexit to coroanvirus, Britain keeps looking to the second world war and its spirit as a way to get through. However, the ideas of the period are not so close to the truth.
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Much is known about the new leader’s career but very little about his political positions.
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Labour’s leadership election is about to enter its final phase – but will the winner command the support of MPs?
As the U.K. leaves the European Union, what awaits Prime Minister Boris Johnson?
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People who support Brexit want different results from the UK’s departure from the EU – and they can’t all get what they want.
The field is narrowing, but who do the alt-left media support?
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As the influence of mainstream media declines, the social media-savvy alt-left sites could hold the key to success for Labour hopefuls.
Long-Bailey and Starmer: the two favourite candidates.
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She’s meant to be the clear favourite for Corbyn supporters, but Long-Bailey hasn’t won over everyone in Momentum.
Thornberry and Starmer: both hoping to succeed Corbyn.
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What do the MPs running to replace Jeremy Corbyn believe in?
Tributes after terrorist attack.
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A flawed approach on both sides of the British political divide.
Starmer and Corbyn: not so different after all.
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Centrists are at loggerheads with the left. They’re both right about what went wrong and that’s a problem.
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The leadership insists the manifesto was not the problem in 2019 – but are they sure?
Grimsby was one of Labour’s big losses on the night.
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With historical strongholds lost to the Conservatives, some introspection is needed.
It’s all over now, baby blue.
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What lay behind Team Corbyn’s woeful campaign.
Disappointment: Labour Party members and supporters will need to face up to the new reality and learn to move on.
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Losers suffer a far greater sense of loss than the corresponding euphoria experienced by those on the winning side.
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The general election 2019 has delivered a seismic shift in the balance of British politics.
Boris Johnson: heading back to Downing Street.
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December 13, 2019
Paul James Cardwell , University of Strathclyde ; Costas Milas , University of Liverpool ; Hanna Szymborska , The Open University ; Helen Parr , Keele University ; Katy Hayward , Queen's University Belfast ; Ken Rotenberg , Keele University ; Kevin Albertson , Manchester Metropolitan University ; Sean Kippin , University of Stirling , and Victoria Honeyman , University of Leeds
Our panel of experts analyse the results of the British election.
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Labour politician Barry Gardiner claims that people’s experience of the NHS has got remarkably worse.
Maxim guns agins the Ndebele of Zimbabwe in 1893.
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The British Labour Party has pledged to conduct an audit of the impact of Britain’s colonial legacy.
In happier times: Stanley Baldwin (r) in August 1923, months before the December election.
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When Stanley Baldwin called an election in December 1923, the outcome was unintended, unexpected and enduring.