This is the thirteenth of a series of posts that report on the state of the parties as measured by opinion polls.By pooling together all the available polling evidence we … Read the rest
Month: April 2012
The worlds of politics and political science can be complicated and frustrating at times. Both the people who study politics (the academics) and those who practice politics (the practitioners) often … Read the rest
During the course of researching for my forthcoming (that’s 2013) Bloomsbury Press book Representing Politics, which will look at how politics has been depicted in fiction over the last … Read the rest
One of the most read pieces published on this blog to date came during the Conservative backbench rebellion in October last year over a European referendum, in which we … Read the rest
In 1964, Prime Minister Harold Wilson significantly increased the number of junior ministers in government, and among other posts created the office of Minister for Sport. Since then, a … Read the rest
Have we been too complacent about the far right? Recent months have seen several prominent acts of violence and terrorism by individuals linked to the broader far right scene in … Read the rest