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Professor Philip Cowley

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Philip Cowley is professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London

The Professor Will See You Now: Bats
Environment
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Bats
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: bats
The Professor Will See You Now: Majority envy
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Majority envy
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: majority envy
The Professor Will See You Now: democratic realism
Parliament
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: democratic realism
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: democratic realism
The Professor Will See You Now: Votes at 16
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Votes at 16
In an occasional series, professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: votes at 16
The Professor Will See You Now: Scum
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Scum
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: scum
The Professor Will See You Now: Whatever
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Whatever
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: whatever
The Professor Will See You Now: Visits
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Visits
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: politicians' visits
The Professor Will See You Now: Newbies
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Newbies
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: newbies
The Professor Will See You Now: loadsamoney
Economy
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: loadsamoney
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: loadsamoney
The Professor Will See You Now: Roughs and Riots
History
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Roughs and Riots
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: roughs and riots
The Professor Will See You Now: Gnomes
Parliament
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Gnomes
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: gnomes
Keir Starmer's iron fist makes sense now, but it could store up problems
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
Keir Starmer's iron fist makes sense now, but it could store up problems
The Prime Minister's tough handling of rebels appears to have worked. But history shows Labour MPs have been an increasingly disobedient bunch — and much bigger threats to party unity could await Keir Starmer down the line.
The Professor Will See You Now: MPs' surveys
Parliament
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: MPs' surveys
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: the 10 per cent problem
The Professor Will See You Now: Must Labour Lose?
Parliament
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Must Labour Lose?
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: must Labour lose?
The Professor Will See You Now: On the role of an MP
Parliament
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: On the role of an MP
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. Here: roles
The Professor Will See You Now: Leaflets
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Leaflets
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: leaflets
The Professor Will See You Now: Potholes
Communities
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Potholes
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: potholes
The Professor Will See You Now: Beards – a turnoff for voters?
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Beards – a turnoff for voters?
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: beards
The Professor Will See You Now: Teaching Parliament
Parliament
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Teaching Parliament
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: in-person parliamentary studies
The Professor Will See You Now: Remainers cleverer than Leavers?
Brexit
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Remainers cleverer than Leavers?
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: entering the Brexit beehive
The Professor Will See You Now: Too Few Elections
Parliament
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Too Few Elections
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: on there being too few elections
The Professor Will See You Now: Keeping a list, checking it twice
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Keeping a list, checking it twice
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for House readers. This week: keeping a list, checking it twice.
The professor will see you now - polling
Parliament
By Professor Philip Cowley
The professor will see you now - polling
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: +/-3
The Professor Will See You Now: Conflict at PMQs
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Conflict at PMQs
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. Here: conflict at PMQs
The Professor Will See You Now: Politicians wrong about nearly everything
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: Politicians wrong about nearly everything
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: politicians wrong about nearly everything
The Professor Will See You Now: by-elections
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: by-elections
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. Here: it’s not the by-election winner but the trend that counts
The Professor Will See You Now: The joy of data
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: The joy of data
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. Here: the joy of data
The Professor Will See You Now
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House readers.
Here: the graduate voter. Illustration by Tracy Worrall
The professor will see you now - leadership elections
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The professor will see you now - leadership elections
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. Here: leadership elections.
The Professor Will See You Now
Parliament
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. Here: inbetweener politicians
The Professor Will See You Now: political parties doing what they promise
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: political parties doing what they promise
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. Here: political parties doing what they promise
The professor will see you now - who gets their way?
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The professor will see you now - who gets their way?
The American political scientist Harold Lasswell famously defined politics as “who gets what, when, how”. Recently, various pieces of research from the United States have demonstrated that the answer to the first part of Lasswell’s question is that policies supported by the rich get implemented more often than those supported by the poor. And a fascinating piece of research just published in the British Journal of Political Science has revealed that the same sort of policy congruence applies in Europe.
The professor will see you now - voting and campaigning
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The professor will see you now - voting and campaigning
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. Here: changes in voting and campaigning
The professor will see you now - local elections
Parliament
By Professor Philip Cowley
The professor will see you now - local elections
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. Here: local elections
The professor will see you now - female politicians
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The professor will see you now - female politicians
What if I were to tell you about recently published research which demonstrated that voters judged female politicians negatively compared to their male counterparts?
The professor will see you now – how often do politicians fight?
Parliament
By Professor Philip Cowley
The professor will see you now – how often do politicians fight?
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. Here: how often do politicians fight?