Stephanie Luke
One of the reasons people become members of political parties is because of the benefits that membership offers. Yet, Stephanie Luke’s analysis of 376 registered political parties in the UK reveals that parties represented in Parliament (Westminster or Devolved) are significantly more likely than unrepresented parties to make membership rights available prior to joining Read more
Pierce Leslie
Drawing on developments in candidate selection across British political parties, Pierce Leslie argues that Britain’s representative disconnect begins long before election day. While it is local constituencies who elect MPs, party rules, vetting procedures and emergency panels increasingly decide who becomes a realistic parliamentary choice Read more
Ruairidh Brown
As Keir Starmer prepares to vacate 10 Downing Street, his unwavering opposition to Vladimir Putin has been hailed as his finest, most ‘statesmanlike’ achievement. Ruairidh Brown argues this assessment is fundamentally mistaken. Starmer stretched the trope of British leaders re-fighting the Second World War to its breaking poin Read more
Dennis Shen
Andy Burnham’s expected arrival in Downing Street may end Labour’s leadership crisis, but Dennis Shen says it has opened a far larger debate about Britain’s economic future. As markets assess the implications of a Burnham premiership, questions are emerging over fiscal policy, Britain’s vulnerability to bond market pressures and whether Labour may gradually move closer towards Europe by the next general elections Read more
Vera Tika
Recent contributions to this series have shown how enlargement has returned to the centre of European geopolitics. Vera Tika argues that the emerging model of gradual accession is transforming the meaning of EU membership from a binary status separating insiders from outsiders into a continuum of differentiated participation Read more
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