There has been much talk about 'Global Britain' since 2016. It seems to be the guiding principle behind our post-Brexit foreign policy....

The prime minister opined recently, in a radio interview, that those people who objected to certain statues and wanted to tear them down...

The apparently marginalised position of the Liberal Party in Britain belies the continued relevance of liberalism to British politics....

Liberalism is an extremely protean ideology, that has evolved to embody many, often contradictory. meanings. The political scientist...

Dominic Cummings and Michael Gove had made their intention clear to 'revolutionise' the civil service. They intend to do three things....

I hope that nobody (except for the Panglossian Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, and perhaps his colleagues) need convincing that...

Since Sir Keir Starmer was elected leader of the Labour Party, he has dedicated himself to the task of persuading the public that the ...

Research has conclusively demonstrated that alcohol abuse is a major contributory factor in the shamefully high incidence of obesity,...

Johnson proceeded as he started : he appointed ministers on the basis of their proven incompetence. Indeed, a manifest lack of any of...

It has not often been remarked, even before this pandemic, that British democracy had entered an extraordinary period. The present prime...

Ever since classical antiquity, statues have been controversial. The Bible condemned worship of statues. Literal iconoclasm was an...

For obvious reasons, people are starting to assume that Trump will suffer the same ignominious fate as Herbert Hoover in 1932. Here are a...

In case any reader is getting the wrong idea, I am not singling out Grant Shapps for particular criticism. As far as this issue is...

On 'Any Questions' on June 5th, the Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps, asserted that Britain had 'abolished' slavery in its...

I would highly recommend the website OpenDemocracy as a source of information on contemporary politics.

It has become increasingly common in recent years for government agencies and employers to give advice on 'wellbeing.' This often amounts...

Since Lyndon Johnson's presidency and the civil rights revolution, the Democrats have been the beneficiaries of African American votes...

The recent reverses for the left in Latin American politics (and its one apparent triumph, that of the election of Andres Manuel Lopez...

The podcast, 'Talking Politics', hosted by Professor David Runciman and Professor Helen Thompson, both of the Department of Politics,...

Following from the previous blogpost, it follows that if the honours system is to be replaced, the House of Lords will become redundant....