Mark Bennister (Canterbury Christ Church University), Ben Worthy (Birkbeck, University of London) and Paul ‘t Hart (Universiteit Utrecht) have published a new book on leadership capital, applying their Leadership Capital […]
GE2017 candidates for Canterbury and Whitstable debate at CCCU
On Friday, 26 May, the Politics and International Relations Programme at Canterbury Christ Church University co-hosted a hustings with the candidates for the Canterbury and Whitstable constituency. In front of […]
Christ Church politics lecturer talks about hypocrisy in public life
Dr Demetris Tillyris, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations in the School of Psychology, Politics, and Sociology, was interviewed for the The Philosophers Magazine – one the leading journals among […]
Rebels running London? The mayoralities of Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson compared
With the upcoming mayoral elections, our attention turns to mayors and their powers. Ben Worthy and Mark Bennister reflect on the terms of Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson. They draw on their new paper to explain […]
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. […]