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The Professor Will See You Now: The Costs Of Governing
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: The Costs Of Governing
Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: the costs of governing
The professor will see you now: Do elections need some 'pot luck'?
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The professor will see you now: Do elections need some 'pot luck'?
Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. This week: should parties use sortition to choose candidates?
Majority of Teachers Feel Curriculum Not Equipped For Voting At 16, Poll Shows
Education
Majority of Teachers Feel Curriculum Not Equipped For Voting At 16, Poll Shows
A large majority of teachers believe that the curriculum in its current form fails to provide young people with sufficient political education to vote in elections, a poll shared with PoliticsHome shows.
UK Cannot Be 'Complacent' About Russian Interference In General Elections
Foreign affairs
UK Cannot Be "Complacent" About Russian Interference In General Elections
The chair of the foreign affairs select committee has said the UK cannot be complacent about Russian attempts to influence its elections after a Romanian court annulled the country's presidential contest citing interference.
Why is the British electorate so volatile?
Political parties
By Zain Mohyuddin
Why is the British electorate so volatile?
By going from a landslide defeat to a near-historic majority in one parliamentary term, Labour’s victory continued the trend of extreme volatility that has come to define recent British elections.
Keir Starmer Could Become An Even More Important Ally For Emmanuel Macron
Foreign affairs
Keir Starmer Could Become An Even More Important Ally For Emmanuel Macron
The surprise snap election in France could make it even more important for the winner of the UK General Election — currently expected to be Labour's Keir Starmer — to have a strong relationship with President Emmanuel Macron, according to a former ambassador to Paris.
The Trump trial has been vaudeville but its outcome could yet decide the US election
Foreign affairs
By Lord Darroch
The Trump trial has been vaudeville but its outcome could yet decide the US election
The last few weeks have seen the revival of a dying art form: the courtroom sketch. In America, every state makes its own courtroom rules; so, back in the 1990s, live TV coverage of the California-based OJ Simpson trial gripped the American nation.
Sadiq Khan's Suit Is Ruining Your Boyfriend's Summer
Culture
Sadiq Khan's Suit Is Ruining Your Boyfriend's Summer
Newly re-elected London mayor Sadiq Khan debuted a snappy new summer suit on Monday, and a certain brand of coffee-and-bike-bro who was planning to look quietly stylish at his 30-something pals' weddings this summer is absolutely devastated.
Labour's Growing Suburban Support And Tactical Voting Could Deliver 'Double Whammy' Defeat To Tories
Political parties
Labour's Growing Suburban Support And Tactical Voting Could Deliver "Double Whammy" Defeat To Tories
The Conservatives could suffer a "double whammy" of a Labour vote share that has spread outside of its usual concentration in urban centres and tactical voting across the UK at the next general election, according to pollsters analysing the local election results.
Labour Win In 'Rishi Sunak's Backyard' With York And North Yorkshire Mayoralty
Political parties
Labour Win In "Rishi Sunak's Backyard" With York And North Yorkshire Mayoralty
Labour have won "in Rishi Sunak’s backyard" after taking the York and North Yorkshire mayoralty.
Indian election: How will the Conservatives and Labour handle another Modi triumph?
Foreign affairs
By Sophie Church
Indian election: How will the Conservatives and Labour handle another Modi triumph?
Successive Tory PMs have put aside qualms over Narendra Modi in the pursuit of boosting trade with India, with little success. But, as Sophie Church reports, a Labour government might find India’s controversial leader an even more difficult problem
Labour Attacks Tory Record On Levelling Up In Local Election Campaign Launch
Political parties
Labour Attacks Tory Record On Levelling Up In Local Election Campaign Launch
Labour leader Keir Starmer has attacked the government's flagship levelling up proposals at a launch of the party's local election campaign in Dudley, with a plea to the electorate to vote for "a changed Labour party ready to serve the interests of working people" on 2 May.
New AI Tool Lets You Test Whether Politicians Repeat False Claims
Technology
New AI Tool Lets You Test Whether Politicians Repeat False Claims
An influential fact-checking organisation is rolling out an AI tool to try to monitor and prevent an onslaught of misinformation and disinformation ahead of the UK's upcoming general election this year.
London Tories Are At War Over Divisive Conservative Mayoral Hopeful
Political parties
London Tories Are At War Over Divisive Conservative Mayoral Hopeful
The Tory decision to field Susan Hall to fight the London mayoral election in May has opened yet another chasm in the divided party, with some Conservatives in the capital complaining that a real opportunity to defeat "beatable" Labour incumbent Sadiq Khan has been squandered.
2024 will be the year of democracy - or disinformation
Technology
By Resham Kotecha and Professor Elena Simperl
2024 will be the year of democracy - or disinformation
With nearly 2 billion people heading to the polls this year, 2024 is being touted as the year of democracy.
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
A landmark number of elections in 2024 will revitalise democracy around the world
Foreign affairs
By Sir Malcolm Rifkind
A landmark number of elections in 2024 will revitalise democracy around the world
There has been much comment on how, during 2024, there will be democratic elections in much of the world.
2024 Could Be 'Acid Test' For Democracies Against The Threat Of Misinformation
Foreign affairs
2024 Could Be "Acid Test" For Democracies Against The Threat Of Misinformation
More people across the world vote in elections in 2024 than in any other year in history. But rather than signalling the flourishing of global democracy, politicians and experts have warned that it could mean the world is more under threat from misinformation and disinformation than ever before.
Five ways to fix British politics
Parliament
By Ben Ansell
Five ways to fix British politics
British politics is in a mess, says Ben Ansell, but there are some relatively simple reforms we can make to restore proper accountability
Spoiled ballot: Interview with Electoral Commission chair
Home affairs
By Tali Fraser
Spoiled ballot: Interview with Electoral Commission chair
As Britain braces for a host of polls in the coming year, the elections watchdog John Pullinger tells Tali Fraser the system that underpins our democracy is under huge pressure – and ministers aren’t rushing to help
Election Battle Lines Drawn Firmly Between Generations At Lib Dem Conference
Political parties
Election Battle Lines Drawn Firmly Between Generations At Lib Dem Conference
Tensions over housing policy at the Liberal Democrats conference have highlighted intergenerational fairness as a key theme leading up to the next general election, as young Liberals claim they have been "let down by those at the top of our party".
After numerous false starts, are we finally seeing the Lib Dem fightback?
Political parties
By Sean Kemp
After numerous false starts, are we finally seeing the Lib Dem fightback?
For a party raised on tales of historic by-election wins, the Coalition years often presented a special kind of horror.
Lib Dem MP Says 'Blue Wall Attack' Will Ramp Up After By-Election Victory
Political parties
Lib Dem MP Says "Blue Wall Attack" Will Ramp Up After By-Election Victory
The strong Liberal Democrat victory in the Somerton and Frome by-election means the party should aim to “retake full possession” of their old strongholds in the south west of England and in Scotland, according to Lib Dem MP Jamie Stone.
Liberal Democrats Win Somerton And Frome By-Election, Overturning Huge Tory Majority
Political parties
Liberal Democrats Win Somerton And Frome By-Election, Overturning Huge Tory Majority
The Liberal Democrats have overturned a Conservative majority of more than 19,000 in the Somerton and Frome by-election, delivering a blow to the government as it looks ahead to its prospects at the next general election.