Dr Demetris Tillyris is Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Canterbury Christ Church University. He specialises in Contemporary Political Philosophy and the History of Political Thought. He also serves […]
Canterbury: The Hustings Come Home to Roost
Dr Amelia Hadfield, Jean Monnet Chair and Director of the Centre for European Studies (CEFEUS) at Canterbury Christ Church University, stayed up the whole night to analyse and discuss the […]
British Politics: The magic tree that keeps on giving
Dr Andre Barrinha, Senior Lecturer in Politics & IR at Canterbury Christ Church University, comments on the outcome the UK General Election.
Theresa May: leaking leadership capital?
Analysing the components of political leadership, Ben Worthy and Mark Bennister review Theresa May’s leadership capital. They conclude that, although she may gain capital after an election win, her strained […]
Labour’s Brexit Strategy: Cut-&-Paste of Theresa May’s old promises?
This week, Labour revealed its Brexit strategy – Jack Brooks takes a closer look. In the 10 months after the 23rd of June, the Labour party’s position on Brexit and what […]
#GE2017 and Brexit – Traincrash vs lucky escape
Unless you’ve been living under a rock or, god forbid, without adequate WIFI for the last day, you will be aware that we are having a snap election in just […]
The Snap election and the risk of ‘No Scottish mandate’
On 8 June 2017 voters will be at the polls again. The Prime Minister has called a snap election in order to bolster her plan for Brexit and unite the […]
Politics Always the Final Arbiter – The (Not So) Fixed-term Parliaments Act
The Fixed-term Parliaments Act (FTPA) passed in 2011 was meant to make the calling of early elections a lot harder for Prime Ministers. As I wrote back in July 2014, […]
Theresa May’s statement – what does it mean?
A snap general election will be held on the 8th of June. According to Theresa this is to unite the people of the UK, to unite the people of Westminster. […]