How green will he really be?
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After his landslide victory, Boris Johnson declared his ambition to make his country ‘the cleanest, greenest on Earth’. Here’s what he needs to do to prove it.
Nicola Sturgeon in Glasgow on election night.
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Independence support in Scotland is now at critical levels. The ball is in the UK prime minister’s court.
Getting used to the job.
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The biggest risk is Britain’s desire to stand alone in the world.
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The general election 2019 has delivered a seismic shift in the balance of British politics.
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At times is feels as though the prime minister wants the top job for the sake of having it. But now he’s got a long term in office to map out.
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Trust is no longer a trump card in 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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From Brexit and Labour’s future to Britain’s new political battlegrounds, here’s the expert lowdown on what Boris Johnson’s predicted landslide win means.
Polling has Boris Johnson’s Conservatives holding a comfortable lead over Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour, but the election will be decided on a seat-by-seat basis.
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The outcome of this week’s general election is far from certain, but whatever happens, the nation’s deep divides are unlikely to be healed.
“Still not funny Mr President?”
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Donald Trump likes to poke fun too.
Doctors protest against what they see as the Conservative Party’s push to privatise the health service.
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One side wants to ‘get Brexit done’ while the other shouts the ‘NHS is not for sale!’. What does it all really mean?
What exactly is Boris Johnson’s plan?
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Boris Johnson wants to leave by the end of January 2020 and hopes to have a trade deal agreed within a year.
Screenshot from Evolve Politics website with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg. Inset, her tweet reporting a story that turned out to be untrue. ITV’s political editor posted a similar tweet.
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The BBC is looking exposed after a campaign in which it has taken fire from all sides.
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The party leaders clashed over Brexit, Northern Ireland and the NHS.
Why does the UK media play to the Conservative Party’s strengths?
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Newspapers and broadcasters have been more likely to focus on issues the Conservatives want people to talk about.
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Tactical voting and shifting party allegiances mean the final week could change everything.
Boris Johnson claimed child poverty has reduced – has it?
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Boris Johnson claimed in a BBC interview that child poverty was going down. An expert on child poverty looked at the data.
Drumming up support: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn canvasses the youth vote, October 2019.
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Instagram has become a major battleground for the attention of young voters.
Just the two of us.
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Single mothers I interviewed described feeling isolated, stigmatised and frustrated with negative stereotypes.
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The Labour Party has to convince voters in the north of England that privatisation is not the solution to NHS woes.