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Despite his legal troubles, the former president maintains a healthy lead in the race for the Republican nomination.
Those who seek power for the sake of power are less attracted to high office when more people get a say.
The privileges process is a vital part of the British constitution so what the committee investigating Johnson decides matters for future precedent, even if he is gone.
The House of Commons committee of privileges has called for the former prime minister to be barred from having a former member’s pass, and with good reason.
It’s very rare to see a former PM stand in a byelection – but less so to see a future PM give it a go.
The former prime minister has claimed a small group of MPs has forced him out but that’s not an accurate description of events.
Baroness Hallett says she should be the one to decide which government messages are relevant to her inquiry, but is she right?
Charisma matters in elections campaigns, as a study carried out just before the 2019 election shows.
Why are governments so rarely seen as being responsible for creating the conditions that allow asylum seeker tragedies to occur?
A law making its way through parliament that would grant widespread immunity from prosecution for people accused of crimes during the Troubles.
The former prime minister insists gatherings with wine were essential work meetings.
The newest class of right-wing populists aims to not only dismantle the guardrails of democracy, but also the most fundamental principles of the rule of law. We must prepare.
Johnson claims he didn’t know pandemic rules were broken when parties were held in Downing Street.
The former prime minister repeatedly calculates that voters don’t care about his rule breaking. But that is not necessarily true.
It’s rare to have quite so many former PMs and first ministers still in parliament.
Populism has been unleashed. We’re beyond the stop-gap measures of small-step reform or pragmatic centrist liberalism. What’s next? We’re about to find out.
There have been several failed attempts to dilute government influence over the BBC chair.
The prime minister’s pledge to bring integrity to public office could become a stick to beat him with – just like ‘back to basics’ became for John Major.
When civil servants and MPs can’t speak up against ministers, they can’t do their jobs properly.
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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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Ashbel Smith Professor, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas
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Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Essex
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University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University
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Associate Professor of British Politics, University of Leeds
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Associate Tutor in Politics and Social Sciences, Edge Hill University
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Professor of Politics, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Sussex
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Visiting Professor of Management Practice, Bayes Business School, City, University of London
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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, Lancaster University
