Badenoch’s increasing tendency towards being ‘extremely online’ has led the party to paint itself into an ‘anti-woke’ corner that, to the majority of Brits who do not spend much time online…

In this short response to Rosenberg (2026), we focus on three points. First, we note that there is now agreement that intra-party sortition is unlikely to deliv...

It’s the end of the road for this particular bill.

Lessons in political science. This week: defenestration

Tories could gain eight seats, the Greens four and Reform three from Labour

Nigel Farage’s party may beat the Conservatives in the battle for second place after first choice votes are counted in the next London mayoral contest

Nigel Farage is back in Parliament after regaining his Clacton seat, but could a standards probe mean his political comeback is short-lived? Colm Murphy, Senior Lecturer in British Politics at Queen M...

New polling suggests the Prime Minister understands what voters want – but has limited time to deliver it

Why the public has stopped turning up the heat on climate policy action

Andy Burnham might be more charismatic than Keir Starmer but the problems he is inheriting go beyond personality. Can he really make a difference?

Andy Burnham might be more charismatic than Keir Starmer but the problems he is inheriting go beyond personality. Can he really make a difference?

Lessons in political science. This week: post

Like St Augustine, the assumed new Labour leader appears to want to be prime minister — but not yet

For years, I’ve watched the Reform leader’s remarkable political rise – and yet, says Professor Tim Bale, even after a string of poor by-election showings and the simmering scandal over a £5 million ‘...

Alicia McCarthy reports on what lies ahead for Parliament under a new prime minister.

Political instability leaves Britain in a profoundly dysfunctional state – unable to come to terms with the fact that it has ambitions and pretensions way beyond both its means and the capacity of its...

In a guest post, Philip Cowley takes a look at backbench rebellions during Keir Starmer's time as Prime Minister

Last month, former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe launched a new party: Restore Britain. Some former Reform councillors have signed up. Another former co...

Generating public support for long-term public investment may require understanding what citizens perceive as the “long term” in politics and how these perceptions shape their preferences. Across two...

As Tony Blair challenges net zero amid a record-breaking May heatwave, new data on what British voters think about environmental policy

There are said to be around 200 MPs who are willing to reintroduce it as a private member’s bill.

There are said to be around 200 MPs who are willing to reintroduce it as a private member’s bill.

Dr Eoghan Kelly Postdoctoral Researcher leading the Mile End Institute’s, Queen Mary University of London’s Polling London Project. He has lectured on quantitative methods at Queen’s University, Belfa...

Health secretary’s soft-right credentials put him at a disadvantage even with reduced membership under Starmer

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Lessons in political science. This week: signatures

Susan Hulme examines the issues of voting for war, women in parliament and stablecoins.