One of our rules for studying voting in the House of Commons is that the government usually wins. No matter how much trouble they appear to be in, they usually … Read the rest
Month: July 2012
I am currently working on a book for Bloomsbury on the depiction of politics in fiction, from Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband to the present day. The research has been … Read the rest
Last week Human Rights Watch released a major report into changes in global counter-terrorism laws since 9/11. Asked by Voice of America to comment on the reports’ findings that the … Read the rest
The School of Politics and International Relations is one of the UK’s leading exponents of using the new social media to increase the accessibility of the study of politics.
At … Read the rest
The 2001 and 2005 general election results convinced the Conservatives that they were treated unfairly by the electoral system. Compared to Labour, they got a much smaller share of the … Read the rest