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- ‘Boris Johnson should call a general election now if he wants to win’, Metro, 27 June 2019.
- ‘What Boris Johnson and the Tory right have learned from Antonio Gramsci’, New Statesman, 26 July 2019.
- ‘The PM we shouldn’t write off’, Unherd, 19 July 2019.
- ‘Tory leadership contest: What’s on the minds of party members?’, BBC, 5 July 2019.
- ‘How the Tories became a Brexit death cult in thrall to Boris Johnson’, Independent, 27 June 2019.
- ‘People are unpredictable at predicting what they will do’ (with Phil Cowley), Times, 27 June 2019.
- ‘Tory leadership: Who gets to choose the UK’s next prime minister?’, BBC, 23 June 2019.
- ‘The Surreal Contest to Succeed Theresa May’, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2019
- ‘Boris Johnson supporters want no-deal Brexit and less talk of climate change – new survey of party members reveals’, The Conversation (with Paul Webb), 11 June 2019.
- ‘How Farage took control’, Unherd, 7 June 2019.
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- ‘Tory leadership contest: What’s on the minds of party members?’, BBC, 5 July 2019.
- ‘How the Tories became a Brexit death cult in thrall to Boris Johnson’, Independent, 27 June 2019.
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Monthly Archives: May 2017
‘Britain’s Labour Party is seeing a flood of new members. That’s why it’s in such trouble.’, Washington Post, 10 May 2017
Whether you look at the opinion polls or at the beating it’s just taken in a slew of local elections, Britain’s Labour Party is in a lot of trouble. Theresa May, the country’s Conservative prime minister, called for an early general election next month. … Continue reading
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‘What matters for Labour is not the general election but what happens next’, New Statesman, 19 May 2017
A handful of recent polls suggest Labour is doing better than many expected at the start of the campaign. Whatever the reason, though, the gap between it and the Conservatives is still a yawning one. Bluntly, it remains the case … Continue reading
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‘Theresa May announces dramatic re-think on “dementia tax”‘, 22 May 2017
In a hastily-scheduled (and totally-hypothetical) media appearance, Mrs May said the following: ‘Governing is about making hard choices but it’s also about listening and, wherever possible, about building a national consensus. In the last few days it’s become clear to … Continue reading
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Theresa May’s offer on ‘workers’ rights’: how does it stack up against past Tory governments?
Most Conservative governments in the 20th century couldn’t really be said to have positively increased workers’ rights. Indeed, some of them actually eroded them – most obviously the Thatcher government but also, one could argue, the Baldwin government (with its post- … Continue reading
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‘Lights, camera, discussion? The role of televised debates in modern elections’, Centre for Public Impact, 26 April 2017
Theresa May, it would appear, has poured water on the idea of televised leader’s debates during the ‘snap’ UK general election she’s just called. Depending on your point of view, this means either that she is ‘running scared of the … Continue reading
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‘Corbynism might not actually end – even if Labour loses the election’ (with David Jeffery), The Conversation, 26 April 2017
Because the general election looks set to produce an impressive win for the Conservatives, its main interest lies not in the result itself but in the result of that result. The House of Commons will look very different on June … Continue reading
‘Theresa May is surfing a wave before tide finally goes out’, Sunday Business Post (Ireland), 23 April 2017
Let’s not over-complicate things. Prime ministers only call an early election if they need to or because they’re sure they’re going to win. In Theresa May’s case, both things apply – and in spades. May could probably have made it … Continue reading
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