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...

In Gran Bretagna sono i miliardari a trasferire denaro a un partito; negli Stati Uniti è il presidente a promettere denaro agli elettori: la rappresentanza diventa transazione

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

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

The ‘dawn of a new age of populism’ indeed! 150 year anniversary of the ‘Bulgarian Horrors’ with this excellent podcast from QMUL colleague, @redhistorian Rob Saunders Now & Then with Robert ...

In 1964, Fact magazine sent a survey to over 12,000 American psychiatrists, asking them whether they believed that the ultra-conservative Republica...

Jordan Bardella will address Reform UK's party conference in Birmingham on Friday, putting the French far-right leader alongside Nigel Farage as both men seek to strengthen their political profiles.…

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

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

Exclusive: Sir Sadiq would be re-elected to City Hall in 2028 after second preference votes are transferred, according to a new poll

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

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

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En 2016, c'était mister Brexit. Aujourd'hui, son credo est la lutte contre l'immigration. Nigel Farage et son nouveau parti Reform UK ont fait de très bons scores aux dernières élections locales et ré...

An expert panel drew on lessons from the recent assisted dying bill and other PMBs to consider how backbench MPs should approach complex issues.

Fractured party politics and enthusiasm from Labour’s hopefuls are not a sign of imminent proportional voting

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

This paper responds to Cowley, Webb and Bale's critique of our paper on sortition, parties and political careers. Cowley et al. argue that within-party sortition will not increase parliamentary descr....

Lessons in political science. This week: luck

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

The club’s largest shareholder has ignored warning signs since 2022 and need only look at the fate of Leicester to see what may be in store

The seemingly chronic inability of both the Conservatives and Labour to deliver economic growth, decent public services, and strong borders has seen voter dissatisfaction grow and party loyalty shrink...

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

If a challenge were to be made against Keir Starmer, what would the rules for a leadership election be and what would trigger one?