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Minority report – Single party minority governments are pretty common and reasonably durable

Jun 20, 2017 AdminComment

A government without a majority in the legislature is exceptionally rare, right? Dr. Chris Hanretty

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Running elections: it’s an expensive job, and cash-strapped local authorities have to do it

Jun 15, 2017 AdminComment

Local authorities are responsible for running elections. But do they have enough money to do

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To sleep or not to sleep? Everything you need to know about #GE2017 election night

Jun 7, 2017 AdminComment

It’s going to be a long night as the UK goes to the polls for

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The Final Straight

Jun 5, 2017 AdminComment

A short note on how and why my election forecasts differ from current polls Some

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Emmanuel Macron takes step closer to French presidency with strong performance in fiery debate

May 5, 2017 AdminComment

Emmanuel Macron takes step closer to French presidency with strong performance in fiery debate, argues

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Too late for GE2017 – but now universities will have to play a role in registering students to vote

May 2, 2017 AdminComment

It came too late for this general election – but Parliament has passed legislation that

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Warning signs for Labour-Data from the British Election Study suggest Conservatives are piling up votes in Labour-held seats

Apr 28, 2017 AdminComment

Chris Hanretty notes that there are some warning signs for Labour as data suggests Conservatives

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The 2017 General Election is “mission impossible for Labour”, says UEA’s Chris Hanretty

Apr 21, 2017 AdminComment

Dr Chris Hanretty, a reader at the School of Politics in the University of East

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‘Speech! Speech! : The Campaign Rhetoric of Theresa May

Apr 18, 2017 Editor1 Comment

As the country prepares for an unexpected barrage of campaign rhetoric Professor Alan Finlayson analyses

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Do Brexit and Trump show that we’re living in a computer simulation?

Mar 14, 2017 EditorComment

Michael Frazer, from the University of East Anglia considers whether the world is just an