Artemis Photiadou and Alice Park draw on various strands of research to argue that unless a Conservative manifesto is more radical and relevant than this Queen’s Speech, then a future Johnson government will fail to address fundamental issues, many of which have been caused by other Conservative policies.
Though the likelihood remains the Queen’s Speech will be voted down in […]
Despite all the comings and goings at Westminster, and the debatable qualities of the latest Brexit proposal, the underlying ideological dispositions of a large proportion of the electorate favour Boris Johnson and the Conservatives, write Joe Greenwood and Joe Twyman.
In the aftermath of the success of the Leave campaign in the 2016 referendum on the UK’s membership of the […]
The Supreme Court decision is a telling illustration of why all populist authoritarians need to dismantle the independent judiciary, writes Conor Gearty. He discusses the importance of the case.
Without question, the Supreme Court decision on prorogation is the finest moment in the annals of the UK’s judicial history. Building on the work of their Scottish colleagues, the Court has […]
Elliott Green compares some of the remarks made by Aidan O’Neill QC – counsel for the various MPs challenging the Prime Minister’s decision to prorogue Parliament – with those of Boris Johnson, and explains what they highlight about British national identity.
In Wednesday’s hearing at the UK Supreme Court Aidan O’Neill QC gave a rousing and wide-ranging opening statement that […]
The Supreme Court is considering whether Boris Johnson’s prorogation of Parliament is lawful. Thomas Poole argues that, whatever its final decision, the court should spell out the message that the power to prorogue has legal limits.
In certain respects, the British constitution navigated a path quite effectively from medieval to modern. Walter Bagehot captured the political craft underlying this transition […]
Lea Ypi outlines Immanuel Wallerstein’s analysis of capitalism as a global phenomenon, and explains how it informs the search for alternatives to overcome it.
Immanuel Wallerstein, the radical intellectual best known for pioneering an account of society known as ‘world systems analysis’, published a commentary aptly titled This is the end, this is the beginning shortly before his death in […]
By proroguing Parliament, the government may be trying to teach the public that liberal democracy is a charade and that playing dirty is how politics must go, writes Jonathan White. He explains how prorogation is a performance of ideas about authority and politics.
What do political leaders hope to achieve by breaking with constitutional rules and conventions? Much of […]
An asset to Boris Johnson: ideology in Brexit Britain
Which women knew about state pension age changes? Inequalities in awareness and their implications
Britain’s wartime generation are almost as pro-EU as millennials
Five things we have learnt about England’s voter ID trials in the 2019 local elections
The Bedroom Tax in Northern Ireland: playing a dangerous game with peace?
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The data behind mortality trends: explaining the recent improvement in mortality in England
The data behind mortality trends: explaining the recent improvement in mortality in England
One of the most important functions of a government is to ensure the health of its population, with the main indicator being measures of mortality such as life expectancy. Mike Murphy writes that, contrary to popular belief, current levels of mortality are the lowest ever-recorded by a substantial margin.
Recent reports of adverse mortality trends in Britain have attracted […]