An alternative history: What if Remain had won in 2016?
It is hard to remember another contest in Britain’s past that had been so open. There were no safe seats, no obvious regional blocks of support, no places that could be taken for granted, no matter what the polling showed beforehand.
It was a hard fought campaign, on unfamiliar ground, and with no clear lines of engagement – but, nevertheless, the 2016 Brexit referendum vote was held, and it was decisive.
What would a new Johnson-Farage party bring to British politics?
Since Boris Johnson’s resignation as an MP, Nigel Farage has been making noises about a new deal with the former Prime Minister. Is this really on the cards? If so, what success will such an arrangement yield?
College Green Group poll watch: Issue voting and Starmer’s… surge?
In a week of arrests and resignations, quieter figures paint an encouraging picture for Labour, whilst Brits give their say on the issues.
Populism: pernicious, or praiseworthy?
Populist leaders in Hungary, Israel and Türkiye defeated opposition electoral alliances. Contrary to the liberal consensus, cobbled-together coalitions are doomed to fail. Voters crave authenticity. Time for pragmatism to die and ideology to rise?
College Green Group poll watch: Silver linings for Sunak, but not for ScotNats
You could be forgiven for thinking that the next general election had already been determined. Starmer’s Labour has been ahead of Sunak’s Conservatives for the last 17 months, and the recent local elections have been described for the latter as a “nightmare” and “disastrous”. However, the Conservative Party has injected cautious optimism into its narrative as its fortunes have gradually improved in the polls, whittling the Labour lead down from around 27% in January to 14%, according to the most recent Techne poll.
The only thing missing from a return to Blairism is a Blair
26 years after Labour’s 1997 landslide, how much has the party changed since then, and is the only thing holding it back its leader?
What lies in store for the UK constitution under a Prime Minister Starmer?
The constant, but simmering issue of constitutional reform has taken a key role in Keir Starmer’s mission to be the next UK Prime Minister.