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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Sunak’s comments about migrants from Syria, Afghanistan shows exactly why the UK should be offering them protection.
AI Steve promises to ‘reinvent democracy’.
Bans on water company boss bonuses, but no overhaul of Britain’s creaking (and leaking) water industry.
The use of ‘surrender’ calls the democratic process into question.
All manifestos lack the kind of preventive mental health strategy that will stem the rising tide of mental illness.
You can look up past and future climate changes in your own area.
Farage may be setting the scene for complaints of election rigging when the results come in.
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.
Research has long shown that globally, left-behind communities are less likely to vote in either local or general elections, largely because they feel neglected by the political process.
When the serious melds with the absurd, it’s easy to react in the wrong way.
An expected low turnout could threaten Labour’s poll lead.
Rishi Sunak hasn’t visited a hospital yet, which is a very unusual move for a prime minister.
The Equality Act does not explicitly state what a man or woman is, or cover non-binary identities.
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.
If schools raise fees, parents may choose to send their children to state schools instead.
Its golden age as a seaside town may be over, but left behind places like Clacton are not lacking in pride.
Sunak referred to “I” and “me” while Starmer was more likely to say “we” and “us”.
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, Lancaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, York St John University
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Professor of Politics, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester
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Professor of Mathematics, University of Surrey
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Surrey
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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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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Lecturer/Teaching Fellow, British Politics and Public Policy, Queen Mary University of London
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Researcher, Centre on Migration Policy and Society (COMPAS), Deputy Director, Migration Observatory, University of Oxford
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Professor of Historical Geography, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Politics, Royal Holloway University of London
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Chair Professor, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University
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Associate Professor in Media and Political Communication, University of Nottingham
