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Exploring Careers in Politics and Policy: Queen Mary Students Network with Industry Experts 14 November 2024
On November 12th, students from the School of Politics and International Relations attended a roundtable and networking event hosted by our Politics, Policy, and Practice (3P) Lab. The event featured four professionals from diverse political careers, offering insights into the transition from their studies to the workplace. Students had the opportunity to ask questions, learn about different career paths, and connect with experts in the field.
Queen Mary to play a key role in new €4m Horizon Europe project 5 June 2024
Queen Mary University of London is to play a key role in the project, “Democratic Governance, Environmental and Climate Challenges, and Societal Transformation: Deliberation, Inclusiveness, and Citizen Empowerment for Sustainable Food Systems” (DEMETRA)
Meet QMUL's Election Experts 24 May 2024
Between now and the General Election on Thursday 4 July, experts from Queen Mary will be commenting on the twists and turns of the campaign, analysing the main parties' manifestos and exploring the key political and policy questions facing the next government.
Queen Mary politics graduates working at the centre of British politics 4 March 2024
Queen Mary academic wins €2m prestigious European Research Council funding 23 November 2023
Professor Rainbow Murray from the School of Politics and International Relations has been awarded a €2M grant from the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator scheme to study the representation of men in politics. She is one of 308 leading researchers across Europe who have been awarded funding in the ERC (2023) competition.
Queen Mary extends partnership with Houses of Parliament to deliver Parliamentary Studies module 17 November 2023
Future cohorts of Queen Mary politics students will continue to have the opportunity to hear directly from MPs, peers, and parliamentary staff as part of their degree programme.
Queen Mary academic wins prize for article on China-Africa relations 1 November 2023
Dr Innocent Batsani-Ncube has been awarded the 2023 Terence Ranger Prize by the Journal of Southern African Studies.
The Professor Will See You Now: The Graduate Voter 12 October 2023
In southern Africa, the old boys’ club is alive and well 7 October 2023
'Pretty Trumpian': UK Tories accused of stretching the truth 6 October 2023
Advocates of proportional representation need to manage their expectations – just look at New Zealand 6 October 2023
Safety first? Labour seeks to maintain poll lead at annual meet 5 October 2023
Why are Britain's Conservatives embracing European fringe conspiracy theories? 5 October 2023
The Professor Will See You Now: Leadership Elections 4 October 2023
The astounding return of Liz Truss: why do so many Tories still love the failed leader? 4 October 2023
From HS2 to net zero: Experts weigh in on political impact of Rishi Sunak’s U-turns 2 October 2023
Rishi Sunak needs to rally his flagging Conservatives. He hopes a dash of populism will do the trick 1 October 2023
Trailing in Polls, Conservatives Look to Unleash the ‘Real Rishi’ Sunak 1 October 2023
State of the Conservative Party 30 September 2023
Daunting UK election looms large as Sunak nears year in charge 28 September 2023
Sunak gambles on UK voters focusing more on costs than climate 20 September 2023
The IHRA antisemitism definition chills debate without protecting Jews 13 September 2023
The Professor Will See You Now 12 September 2023
Silicon Valley’s vision for AI? It’s religion, repackaged. 7 September 2023
Margaret Thatcher’s part in Liz Truss’s spectacular downfall 6 September 2023
What is the point of party conferences? 4 September 2023
Why are there new clothing restrictions in French classrooms? 1 September 2023
‘Really, Alex?’: Tory moderates risk reputations by backing Lee Anderson 21 August 2023
Lee Anderson: a brutally honest politician – or just another nasty Tory? 17 August 2023
Donald Trump election fraud 8 August 2023
Rishi Sunak’s obscene disregard for the climate will damn him once he’s flung from power 8 August 2023
Rishi Sunak risks alienating the public by trying to please newspapers 4 August 2023
U.K. voters hand Sunak’s party two defeats and a win in by-elections 1 August 2023
Undue influence? Anonymous donations to World Health Organization's new foundation raise concerns 27 July 2023
Risk, rewards and remittances in Vietnam's Nghe An province 24 July 2023
As Sunak Makes His Case to Britons, the Economy Could Undermine It 24 July 2023
Yes, the Tories’ migration bill is bad – but the lack of Commons scrutiny is more disturbing still 13 July 2023
Keir Starmer is no Tony Blair. The differences are not at all obvious 11 July 2023
Republicans seem to think their time is coming – they will be disappointed 11 July 2023
Would Elon Musk's Twitter changes have affected Boris Johnson's downfall? Experts have their say 6 July 2023
The high rise and fall of Canary Wharf 3 July 2023
Letter: London’s true People’s Palace continues to serve 3 July 2023
The Prof will see you now 26 June 2023
Best summer books of 2023: Politics 22 June 2023
How history will judge Boris Johnson – according to historians 19 June 2023
Boris Johnson's bombshell exit from Parliament leaves UK politics reeling 12 June 2023
If the Tories lose the next election, Boris Johnson won’t be the man they turn to 5 June 2023
10% of Tory MPs have announced plans to retire at the next election 25 May 2023
Can a right turn revive the Tories? 22 May 2023
Why we need to be talking about a hung parliament 22 May 2023
Bloomberg UK Politics: Fruitful Endeavours 18 May 2023
POLL: Do you think there's still hope for the Tories after local election drubbing? 15 May 2023
Donald Trump 11 May 2023
UKIP on brink of wipeout after losing all seats in local elections 11 May 2023
Local elections 9 May 2023
National conservatism UK event may show way ahead for Tories – or be a dead end 9 May 2023
Rise of MPs who have the whip suspended as parties ‘park the problem’ 4 May 2023
Times letters: Deepening the government’s pool of talent 27 April 2023
Too much localism gives us second-rate MPs 27 April 2023
Council elections threaten to ruin the party for Sunak 24 April 2023
The professor will see you now 20 April 2023
'You can never write them off' — How Tories can still turn tide of disastrous polling 20 April 2023
An Epic of Political Incompetence — and Redemption? 17 April 2023
Biden's ancestral hometowns prepare warm Irish welcome 11 April 2023
How Rishi Sunak, Braverman and Gove used unknown £3,000-a session presentation guru to try and win over voters 11 April 2023
French retirement protests 27 March 2023
The perils for Conservatives if they rely on Sunak to save them 27 March 2023
Political fights 23 March 2023
Masters of reinvention — where next for the Conservative party? 23 March 2023
SNP admits it has 30,000 fewer members than claimed 20 March 2023
What next for the Scottish National Party? 16 March 2023
Does the Conservative Party make sense any more? 13 March 2023
Macron and Sunak renew ties at first summit in five years 13 March 2023
WHO fires director in Asia accused of racist misconduct 9 March 2023
SNP membership not as socially liberal as might be assumed 2 March 2023
Sunak grapples with NI protocol puzzle but the stakes are different to 2019 27 February 2023
Forbes’ gay marriage views spark quite a backlash 23 February 2023
The Professor Will See You Now 23 February 2023
Who are the SNP members in charge of choosing next first minister? 20 February 2023
Nicola Sturgeon and Jacinda Ardern – what two shock resignations tell us about good leadership 16 February 2023
'Shame for WHO': Victim of sex misconduct slams UN response 13 February 2023
Lee Anderson: New Tory deputy chairman would support return of death penalty 13 February 2023
Liz Truss’s worst line is one she never said. And she isn’t the first 9 February 2023
New exhibition celebrates ‘twin towns’ building bonds across borders 6 February 2023
Lizz Truss says 'not given a realistic chance' 6 February 2023
‘I’ll retire when I die’: Inside Jeremy Corbyn’s fight to hold on to his seat against Keir Starmer’s Labour 6 February 2023
Labour’s lost love for Leave 2 February 2023
Cool your jets: Why the West is making Ukraine wait for fighter planes 2 February 2023
Ratings sink and obstacles amass as Sunak completes first 100 days as PM 2 February 2023
This speech started Brexit — could it have been different? 31 January 2023
The Tories are about to strike out 26 January 2023
Rishi Sunak hits the north to try to woo public – but only the invited 23 January 2023
Jeremy Hunt mocked over ‘Mr Bean-esque’ video explaining high inflation 19 January 2023
How the right tore themselves apart 16 January 2023
‘Labour doesn’t seem to understand how it’s happening’: meet the new Black Tories 9 January 2023
The strange case of Britain’s demise 21 December 2022
How would Sir Keir Starmer's plan to scrap the House of Lords work and is it a good idea? 12 December 2022
How does the number of MPs planning to step down compare to previous years 8 December 2022
Constitutional change 8 December 2022
What’s in a constituency name? 1 December 2022
What British PM Sunak’s first foreign policy speech made clear 1 December 2022
In Sharm El-Sheikh 24 November 2022
What is the future of the Conservative Party? 24 November 2022
Attacks on the wealthy authors of ‘Austerity 2.0’ could backfire 21 November 2022
If the autumn statement got a bad press does that mean it was good? 21 November 2022
America’s Choice 2022 14 November 2022
Tory MP protests against name of his new constituency in Commons boundary overhaul…. because it is a TONGUE-TWISTER and will be too difficult to say 14 November 2022
For Britain’s New Leader, Politics at Home Overshadow a Smooth Global Debut 14 November 2022
Queen Mary experts warn Levelling Up agenda risks levelling down London arts and culture 10 November 2022
US midterm elections 10 November 2022
What voters already know about Rishi Sunak — and what they don’t 7 November 2022
British doctor sexually assaulted at WHO health summit speaks out 3 November 2022
Aid in politics 31 October 2022
Rishi Sunak to be the next Prime Minister 27 October 2022
Three Prime Ministers in two months, is political chaos the UK's new normal? 27 October 2022
Tory rebels warned they will be punished over 'confidence vote' in 1.30am U-turn 24 October 2022
Ebola in Uganda: why women must be central to the response 24 October 2022
Liz Truss resigns as Prime Minister 24 October 2022
Austerity, Brexit and 44 days in purgatory: the key stages of Tory rule 24 October 2022
Britain's prime minister is on shaky ground after her economic plan is rejected 20 October 2022
If the Tories are planning ‘decisions of eye-watering difficulty’, they need Britain’s consent 20 October 2022
Letter: Education is the elephant in the room of UK public policy 20 October 2022
UK leader Liz Truss goes from triumph to trouble in 6 weeks 17 October 2022
The lost children of Israel 13 October 2022
The lost children of Israel 10 October 2022
Can Truss Government get back on track? 10 October 2022
Mini-budget has 'inflicted lasting damage' on Britain's Conservative Party 6 October 2022
The new Cabinet and the House of Commons are absolutely not representative of the country 6 October 2022
Global Fund secures $14.3 billion from donors 6 October 2022
‘I’ve lost confidence in them but I don’t know if I can switch’: Tories in West Midlands face voting dilemma 3 October 2022
Keir Starmer’s conference speech offered a clearer ideological position – even more ambition will now be needed 29 September 2022
British pound drops to an all-time low against the US dollar 29 September 2022
Who is Kwasi Kwarteng, the UK’s first Black chancellor? 26 September 2022
New exhibition to help find lost children of Jewish families in Israel 26 September 2022
An official’s defenestration rattles the Treasury 20 September 2022
How Bill Gates and his partners took over the global Covid response 15 September 2022
The invasion of Ukraine has upended Russian education 15 September 2022
Liz al-Britaini: UK foreign policy in the MENA 12 September 2022
Labour and monarchy 12 September 2022
New exhibition to shed light on 'lost children' 8 September 2022
Female leaders in the Conservative Party 8 September 2022
'Boris Johnson is one of the least admirable - and successful - PMs we've ever had' 8 September 2022
Boris Johnson's next move: Making millions or a comeback? 5 September 2022
UK leader hopefuls make final push amid soaring cost crisis 1 September 2022
As Boris Johnson departs, UK takes stock of his messy legacy 30 August 2022
Wonder who Liz Truss will reward with a job or punish with exile? History can tell us 22 August 2022
Tuesday briefing: Who could take key roles if Truss becomes PM 18 August 2022
Rishi Sunak has a sterling résumé. It’s not helping him replace Boris Johnson. 15 August 2022
Who are the Conservative Party members deciding our next PM? 4 August 2022
Tories' hardline drift may lose the public 2 August 2022
Truss and Sunak symbolise Westminster’s age of inexperience 28 July 2022
TV debates ‘could sway Tory leadership contest more than newspapers’ 26 July 2022
Johnson was just a symptom of Tory sickness 21 July 2022
Tory leadership: What the diverse line-up means for UK politics 18 July 2022
Dissatisfied young should join the political fray 14 July 2022
US Supreme Court decision on abortion creates ‘patchwork of rights’ based on where you live 14 July 2022
Keeping it local: are home-grown MPs best? 7 July 2022
Boris Johnson battles for survival as 2 top Cabinet Ministers quit 7 July 2022
Biden, Macron, Scholz, Johnson: Allies abroad, struggling at home 30 June 2022
Lessons for Conservatives from the double by-election blow 27 June 2022
Rail strikes, cost of living and voter satisfaction 23 June 2022
The metrics for attaining adulthood are ever-shifting 14 June 2022
How Boris Johnson shattered his own invincibility 9 June 2022
Tories should take a tip from Macbeth and be bold. But the party itself is infirm of purpose 6 June 2022
Boris Johnson avoids further fines as the police end lockdown inquiry 26 May 2022
Times letters: Local election results and lockdown scandals 9 May 2022
Reflections and predictions ahead of local elections 3 May 2022
French Elections coverage 25 April 2022
Marine Le Pen to 'further diminish' Anglo-French relations: 'Doesn't see UK as a friend' 21 April 2022
Just what exactly is continuing to keep Boris Johnson in power? 19 April 2022
Mainstream right in Western Europe: challenging times; trouble ahead? 14 April 2022
French Presidential Elections 14 April 2022
Low turnout as France goes to the polls to elect new president 11 April 2022
A Popular British Politician Falls From Grace Over a Tax Scandal 11 April 2022
Why do so many US presidents like to say 'I'm Irish'? 17 March 2022
Britain’s response to war in Ukraine isn’t Boris Johnson’s finest hour, critics say 14 March 2022
A year on from Sarah Everard’s death, it’s clearer than ever that the police are not serving us (cont. coverage) 7 March 2022
Ukraine crisis underlines Brexit Britain’s marginalisation 7 March 2022
Reforming our police services has a long way to go 3 March 2022
Replacing the chief whip won’t save Johnson’s premiership 11 February 2022
Who could replace UK PM Boris Johnson if he's forced out? 11 February 2022
Is the Prime Minister’s Office fit for purpose? 8 February 2022
Three New Faces to Help Steer the Gates Foundation 31 January 2022
Party’s over for Boris Johnson as boozy lockdown gatherings shatter trust 17 January 2022
China: Is it burdening poor countries with unsustainable debt? 7 January 2022
Boris's North Shropshire nightmare is eerily reminiscent of Margaret Thatcher's Eastbourne defeat 20 December 2021
When talking rebellions, it’s not size that matters 16 December 2021
Politics Live: Mandatory COVID-19 passes 16 December 2021
Boris Johnson’s woes are multiplied if he cannot ‘unite the right’ 13 December 2021
Priti Patel, Britain's hardline home secretary, exposes the fault lines of a divided country 2 December 2021
Meghan Markle could target 'key powerful seat' to 'leapfrog' into political office 16 November 2021
UK government makes U-turn on corruption rule change as lawmaker quits 8 November 2021
Nigel Farage’s Brexit party saved Labour seats in 2019 election, analysis finds 4 November 2021
Macmillan’s many, many chancellors 1 November 2021
Le Pen and Zemmour are equally dangerous for France’s minorities 27 October 2021
What has happened to western Europe’s centre right? 14 October 2021
As Johnson Draws a Happy Face, Britons Confront a Run of Bad News 11 October 2021
Conservative Party Conference - Roundup 8 October 2021
Labour Party Conference - Roundup 4 October 2021
Coalition Politics: the highs and lows 2 October 2021
Panel finds 80 alleged abuse cases tied to WHO’s Congo work 30 September 2021
Proportional representation would spell disaster for Labour. Party members should reject it 30 September 2021
Bloomberg Westminster: Labour Party Special 27 September 2021
Labour should be approaching its party conference with hope, not despair 24 September 2021
UK's Johnson shakes up government with eye on early election 20 September 2021
I’ve been talking to Afghans stuck on the Bosnian border – their predicament is horrifying 16 September 2021
'Get Brexit done': infamous Tory slogan was inspired by disgruntled Yorkshire woman 6 September 2021
World’s centre-right lacks a unifying figure 3 September 2021
Can Labour fix its relationship with its Muslim voters before it’s too late? 31 August 2021
Vaccine uptake in younger adults 3 August 2021
Worrying political drift of government 29 July 2021
U.K. Leaders Hail a Return to Normal; Their Phone App Disagrees 27 July 2021
Why some people switch political parties: new research 15 July 2021
French local elections 1 July 2021
Dr Françoise Boucek, Visiting Research Fellow at Queen Mary University of London was interviewed by Polish public broadcaster TVP about about the recent French elections. She said: "People can't really relate to what the regional councils are responsible for particularly since they have been local government reforms and so they can't really relate. Things like local transport, vocational training, regional development, don't really affect people's everyday lives."
This was covered by TVP (Telewizja Polska)
Sajid Javid sounds like a lockdown sceptic, but he won’t want to alienate the NHS 1 July 2021
Chile elected delegates to draft a new constitution — and it’s not tilted toward the elites 28 June 2021
What to expect from the 2021 French regional elections 21 June 2021
Biden and Johnson's special relationship 18 June 2021
Overdue boundary changes are likely to give the Tories an edge 15 June 2021
G7 summit - what to expect from Boris Johnson as Joe Biden visits the UK 10 June 2021
West Yorkshire Police fingerprint scanner rollout 'alarming and concerning' 7 June 2021
Have autonomous robots started killing in war? 7 June 2021
The Tory ‘war on woke’ has a manifesto – and its targets are crushingly familiar 27 May 2021
Public perceptions of Keir Starmer’s performance suggest he has yet to produce a clear narrative of both the COVID-19 crisis and his leadership 17 May 2021
Families’ anger over PM’s ‘botched’ apology for Ballymurphy killings 17 May 2021
TRIPS waiver: US support is a major step but no guarantee of Covid-19 vaccine equity 13 May 2021
Majority think the NHS should be top priority to ‘build back better’ 13 May 2021
Sadiq Khan re-elected: what London mayor’s priorities should be for second term 13 May 2021
How Labour look set to dominate London 29 April 2021
The global approach to vaccine equity is failing: additional steps that would help 15 April 2021
Sadiq Khan is on course for big win – so what do Londoners want from their mayor in a second term? 13 April 2021
Lessons On A Crisis 25 March 2021
St Patrick’s day: why so many US presidents like to say ‘I’m Irish’ 18 March 2021
Is the COVAX dream fading? 15 March 2021
From fairy tale to culture war: Britain gripped by royal race row 11 March 2021
Island Earth 4 March 2021
Fake letters to politicians: the timing may be bad but it's OK to test whether MPs reply to constituents 1 March 2021
Mile End Institute podcast 25 February 2021
Democracy? Conspiracy? The perceptions of Chileans in a pandemic 11 February 2021
Britons to face strictest travel limits in Europe 11 February 2021
How anti-vax concerns are taking hold among Black and Asian women 1 February 2021
No recourse to public funds: a government policy that traps people in poverty 28 January 2021
Covid-19 and Quarantining 28 January 2021
Should the House of Commons take back control of the agenda? 21 January 2021
TikTok doctor encouraging young people to get vaccinated 11 January 2021
Trump tipped to pardon himself in 'dangerous' move 11 January 2021
Mayday: I vote we plan ahead for elections this year 7 January 2021
Crucial run-off elections to the Senate 7 January 2021
Christmas Holiday Closure 2020 16 December 2020
How to Build a Global Abolition Movement 10 December 2020
favour of a Brexit deal in parliament? 10 December 2020
Chancellor turns social influencer with Brand Rishi 26 November 2020
Mile End Institute poll reveals Londoners’ attitudes towards working from home and mayoral election 26 November 2020
Nigel Farage's populist instinct has failed him over lockdown 23 November 2020
Joe Biden poised for years of hell as Republicans ready to block US President's authority 16 November 2020
Why Syria will be low on Biden's list of foreign policy priorities 16 November 2020
Labour civil war: Left 'poised to leave party in disgust' as Starmer prevails 12 November 2020
Recordings reveal WHO's analysis of pandemic in private 12 November 2020
Johnson and the Political tipping point 9 November 2020
A Century of Twinning 5 November 2020
UK’s Johnson Faces a Growing Revolt Over His Coronavirus Policy 5 November 2020
US Election 2020: Trump won't accept defeat – result may not be clear until 2021 5 November 2020
US election: how voting works for Americans overseas 2 November 2020
Decaying Oil Tanker Off Yemen Threatens Environmental Disaster 29 October 2020
New beginnings in Bolivia 26 October 2020
What are swing states? US election battlegrounds explained and where to watch in 2020 26 October 2020
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: Why Turkey is outsourcing its wars 15 October 2020
Why Brexit will increase migrant Channel crossings 15 October 2020
England’s Covid-19 strategy is all about London. Sorry, northerners 6 October 2020
Shipping asylum seekers offshore may boost Priti Patel’s hardline image, but Australian example shows it’s not a policy that works 6 October 2020
When women bear the brunt of lockdowns, is it feminist to support another? 29 September 2020
'I'm going to make the most of it': can freshers’ week be fun despite Covid? 23 September 2020
How patriotic Labour could crush Boris 22 September 2020
How have women have been affected by the Pandemic? 14 September 2020
Brexit warning: UK will be forced to make first move in crunch EU talks and compromise 7 September 2020
Ed Davey calls on Lib Dems to ‘wake up and smell the coffee’ after becoming leader 28 August 2020
Brexiteers warned they risk feeling ‘disappointed’ after David Frost’s trade deal remark 17 August 2020
Expert: Brexit will not stop illegal migrants 14 August 2020
Brexit-supporting academics feel they need to censor what they teach and discuss 4 August 2020
Behind the Beirut explosion lies the lawless world of international shipping 3 August 2020
Liberal Democrats: Is targeting the 'yellow halo' key to party's success? 30 July 2020
Brexit bombshell: Key reason Boris Johnson will not give into EU fishing demands exposed 28 July 2020
Women leaders in a pandemic 28 July 2020
Home Office urged to correct false slavery information in citizenship test 27 July 2020
Brexit and coronavirus: Prime Minister Boris Johnson's first year in office 24 July 2020
How the wars in Libya and Syria are strangely intertwined 23 July 2020
UK intelligence report on Russian interference 22 July 2020
WHO in the middle of geopolitical row between USA and China 20 July 2020
Elizabeth Vallance obituary 20 July 2020
Allegations of Russian interference in 2019 general elections 17 July 2020
Priti Patel launches new post-Brexit immigration plan under a new points-based system that favours high-skilled applicants 14 July 2020
The global response to Covid-19 13 July 2020
Are the Conservatives really the party of the rich? 6 July 2020
What is Boris Johnson's 'New Deal' - and how does it compare to Franklin D Roosevelt's? 3 July 2020
In defence of the U-turn - in politics and life 3 July 2020
Boris Johnson's best route to re-election is to focus on cultural issues in a 'war on woke', research suggests 30 June 2020
Conservatives and Labour seriously out of touch with their voters 29 June 2020
Four years on, what has changed since the EU Referendum? 26 June 2020
Israel annexation plan denounced 26 June 2020
The minister, the party donor and the £1bn property row 26 June 2020
Syria war: Could Washington's 'Caesar' sanctions topple Assad? 23 June 2020
Black Lives Matter and the politics of violence 22 June 2020
Disabled women have been hit worst of all by lockdown 22 June 2020
The free school meals row speaks to an age-old argument about how welfare should work 17 June 2020
8 June 2020
Populist party supporters: Informed, uninformed or misinformed? 29 May 2020
Why MPs' postbags have been so important in the Cummings row 29 May 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson stands by his rule-bending strategist as lawmakers cry foul 28 May 2020
Mounting pressure on Boris Johnson over Dominic Cummings row 27 May 2020
Brexit trade deal with EU on the brink of collapse as Brussels 'won't change its stance' 26 May 2020
Why some Middle East autocrats are harder to oust than others 26 May 2020
Why the Netanyahus are embracing 'Christian Europe' 18 May 2020
Boris on the brink? Why PM Johnson faces 'Herculean task' to keep Tories in Number 10 18 May 2020
Disunited UK on Covid-19 fight 14 May 2020
The virus is changing politics, but there are opportunities as well as risks 13 May 2020
Keir Starmer's devastating secret weapon to rally voters against Boris Johnson exposed 11 May 2020
Brexit warning: How Keir Starmer will use 'crunch point' to demand EU trade deal extension 11 May 2020
Lockdown is making the Tory party restive 11 May 2020
Is it acceptable for government to be dishonest at a time like this? 6 May 2020
Keir Starmer faces 'war' with Corbyn-supporting Momentum in bid to transform Labour 4 May 2020
How the UK's political landscape could be rocked by government's handling of COVID-19 1 May 2020
Governments, not pandemics, stop access to reproductive health 1 May 2020
COVID-19 care home crisis, PM becomes a dad again and could schools reopen soon? 30 April 2020
For Boris Johnson, a baby amid a dizzying year of peaks and valleys 30 April 2020
Coronavirus: Palestinian workers in Israel 30 April 2020
WHO spending 'risks alienating supporters' at crucial time, say critics 23 April 2020
WHO spending 'risks alienating supporters' at crucial time, say critics 20 April 2020
World Health Organisation allies lament Trump cut to funding 16 April 2020
A Brexit extension would face serious opposition even during coronavirus 14 April 2020
Boris Johnson in intensive care - what next? 7 April 2020
An improbable new leader 7 April 2020
Boris Johnson still in intensive care but not on ventilator 7 April 2020
Experts share what they think the world will look like once lockdown is lifted 4 April 2020
Why its time to talk about how women are more affected by the fallout of Covid-19 3 April 2020
Coronavirus pandemic boosts popularity of Trump and Johnson 1 April 2020
On job just six weeks, UK’s finance chief shines in crisis 30 March 2020
Coronavirus crisis demands extended Brexit transition 25 March 2020
Coronavirus home schoolers can learn from Hong Kong 25 March 2020
Women and the hidden burden of the coronavirus 19 March 2020
Covid-19 and the transition period 19 March 2020
Coronavirus: to avoid major humanitarian fallout, UK must act urgently 18 March 2020
The post-Brexit battleground of twinned towns 15 March 2020
Boosting the regions might mean levelling down London 12 March 2020
Sadiq Khan opens up 25-point poll lead in mayoral race as rivals struggle 10 March 2020
Labour leadership guide: What do Keir Starmer and Rebecca Long Bailey stand for? 9 March 2020
Wash your hands, Big Brother is watching you 9 March 2020
Brilliant example of an expert who could also ‘speak human’ 6 March 2020
Tackling post-Brexit politics 28 February 2020
Dominic Cummings and the civil service 27 February 2020
UK divergence and an EU trade deal 26 February 2020
There's a dark side to Boris Johnson's government and even his allies are fed up with it 25 February 2020
This new Tory coalition has deep foundations 24 February 2020
Syria and the crisis in Idlib 19 February 2020
Labour leadership: What the next Labour leader must do 17 February 2020
Dominic Cummings: The unelected official with enormous power in Downing Street 14 February 2020
Labour leadership battle 13 February 2020
Boris Johnson backs HS2, UK’s $130 billion railroad plan 12 February 2020
Labour’s history of highs and lows — and what it reveals 12 February 2020
Labour leadership and credible opposition 9 February 2020
Research with party members offers an important clue about how to heal Brexit divisions 5 February 2020
Peston’s Gold Geek of the Week 5 February 2020
Keir Starmer: Has Labour leadership candidate moved to the left to appeal to members? 5 February 2020
The Iowa Caucus 5 February 2020
UK to slip quietly into post-Brexit limbo 3 February 2020
Brexit: will Boris Johnson reverse Thatcherism? 3 February 2020
Cheers, tears and fears mark Brexit’s official launch into uncertain future 1 February 2020
Supporters of populist parties: informed, uninformed, or misinformed? 30 January 2020
Tim Bale’s survey on Brexit divisions by party 30 January 2020
Post-Brexit division 28 January 2020
Events happen. Governments cock up. Labour doesn’t have to lose 14 January 2020
Labour leadership: What the Labour Party will look like if these candidates get elected 13 January 2020
Boris Johnson will be PM for next eight to 10 years as Labour scramble to find challenge 11 January 2020
Labour leadership: Tories fear just one candidate as expert makes stunning prediction 7 January 2020
Poll of Labour members suggests Keir Starmer is first choice 6 January 2020
Mind the gender gap 18 December 2019
What kind of One Nation Tory is Boris Johnson? 17 December 2019
The real Boris Johnson: one-nation Tory or raging populist? 16 December 2019
Labour's Jeremy Corbyn: Redistribute UK wealth, tax the rich 11 December 2019
Why this Tory lead is so fragile 11 December 2019
Corbyn's Labour Party might lose the U.K. elections, but anti-Semitism will still remain 10 December 2019
Lessons from history: Constitution and insurrection in Burkina Faso 10 December 2019
Many tactical votes will be cast in ignorance 10 December 2019
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn are set to disappoint their supporters 7 December 2019
Who is winning the ground war in London? 6 December 2019
Jeremy Corbyn has begun general election fightback in London 3 December 2019
Brexit shows how a tiny party can have big consequences 3 December 2019
March of the hard-Left MPs: UK could have the most left-wing Commons in decades 1 December 2019
London Bridge attack threatens to recast UK’s 'Brexit election' with focus on terror 1 December 2019
Poll suggests biggest Conservative majority in three decades 29 November 2019
Five reasons to vote in this election 26 November 2019
Surge in young voters offers hope for Labour party 26 November 2019
Lib Dems fear promise to reverse Brexit has backfired 25 November 2019
For the UK’s Jewish voters, an upside down choice in elections 25 November 2019
Is this a Brexit election? 25 November 2019
Boris Johnson may just have met his match: the voting public 24 November 2019
Footsoldiers 24 November 2019
Britain’s deindustrialisation 20 November 2019
Canvassers told to make every knock count 19 November 2019
Why Prime Minister Boris Johnson really is on an upward trend 19 November 2019
Who has the most to gain from tonight’s TV debate? 19 November 2019
Chinese students 'unfairly demonised' 18 November 2019
Why UK Conservatives are so good at winning 18 November 2019
Nigel Farage will fight Labour seats after pact with Boris Johnson fails – so what’s he up to? 15 November 2019
Hey big spender(s) 14 November 2019
Boris Johnson’s social media video strategy 13 November 2019
Evo Morales’ resignation 12 November 2019
A morale boost for Boris Johnson, but victory is still far from certain 12 November 2019
Many Londoners support Extinction Rebellion’s cause, but not their tactics 12 November 2019
What a mess! 10 November 2019
Independents seek to break the mould on party politics 8 November 2019
Extinction Rebellion’s London tactics 8 November 2019
London opinion poll: Rory Stewart leaps into third place in mayoralty race 8 November 2019
Has Brexit really divided Britain? 7 November 2019
Chile's constitutional conundrum: To change or not to change? 6 November 2019
Labour’s London lead is halved as it’s all to play for in capital 6 November 2019
Nigel Farage attacks ‘arrogance’ of senior Eurosceptic Tories 4 November 2019
Many perils ahead for Johnson before election in Britain 3 November 2019
General election 2019: What would Winston Churchill have thought of British politics? 2 November 2019
Party strategy for the December election 1 November 2019
MPs stand down all the time - but there is nothing normal about the exodus of prominent wome 31 October 2019
Sex, Lies and Politics – now with added Brexit! 31 October 2019
Can Jeremy Corbyn defy election expectations again? 31 October 2019
The floating voter 30 October 2019
The pros and cons of every Brexit option 29 October 2019
12 reasons why this is the hardest ever poll to predict 29 October 2019
This time it is a win-win for the SNP 29 October 2019
The winners and losers of a Christmas general election 25 October 2019
Will Boris Johnson get an early election? 25 October 2019
The real danger that Brexit poses for Israel 24 October 2019
Boris Johnson’s election dilemma 24 October 2019
Voters divided on Khan months before election 23 October 2019
Chile protests: Is inequality becoming worse? 21 October 2019
Should killer robots be banned? 18 October 2019
How Boris Johnson could pass his Brexit deal on ‘Super Saturday’ — and who could stand in the way 17 October 2019
Second referendum gains traction among foes of Brexit 16 October 2019
UK parliament Speaker isn’t bowing out meekly 16 October 2019
The Queen’s speech 15 October 2019
Brexit: Is a deal unlikely? 10 October 2019
Rivals for Commons Speaker distance themselves from Bercow 9 October 2019
The politics of blame in the UK’s relationship with the EU 7 October 2019
Regular monarch 7 October 2019
Conservative EU negotiations 4 October 2019
Running as an independent candidate in the UK is harder than it looks 2 October 2019
Conservative conference: Five big things that happened 2 October 2019
Space for a new force in politics 30 September 2019
The Conservative Party conference enters second day 30 September 2019
As Johnson faces heat, Conservative base stays loyal 29 September 2019
Boris Johnson vs Donald Trump: Why the British prime minister is worse for democracy 26 September 2019
Politics and language 25 September 2019
The party that wants to rule Britain seems intent on ripping itself apart 25 September 2019
Brexit: Boris Johnson loses major battle but not the war 24 September 2019
Could MPs be recalled if UK Supreme Court rules parliament's suspension was illegal? 24 September 2019
A damning indictment of Johnson's Government 24 September 2019
Corbyn won't touch Clause IV, but Labour will be wrestling with it forever 22 September 2019
Labour conference: Jeremy Corbyn battles it out with members over Brexit 22 September 2019
Voters often know little but politicians can’t ignore them 19 September 2019
UK political party membership 18 September 2019
Swinson's Article 50 pledge flirts with disaster – but it could end up grabbing ‘revenge votes’ for the Lib Dems 17 September 2019
White, male and middle class: why Britain’s political parties must change 17 September 2019
Are we living in a multipolar world? 16 September 2019
Opinion polls show Boris Johnson’s reputation with voters intact 16 September 2019
Does the UK need a written constitution? 13 September 2019
A dire warning for our old political system 12 September 2019
What is Standing Order 24? 10 September 2019
Who will replace John Bercow as Speaker? 10 September 2019
Speaker of the House of Commons: What the Speaker actually does, how they’re elected and what power they have 9 September 2019
Boris Johnson finds his party loyalists aren’t as loyal as Trump’s 9 September 2019
Answers to the Brexit crisis 6 September 2019
Modern political party membership 6 September 2019
Jo Johnson quits: When Britain’s political families don’t see eye-to-eye 5 September 2019
Boris Johnson is gambling everything on a 'no-deal' Brexit. Will it work? 4 September 2019
British MPs Ready to Engage in Kamikaze Tactics to Stop Brexit, Scholar Warns 3 September 2019
An election is more of a gamble than Boris Johnson seems to realise 3 September 2019
Brexit: What next for the Conservative Party? 3 September 2019
Brexit: British Parliament prepares last-ditch fight with Boris Johnson 2 September 2019
Reading between the lines ...what Boris letter means 28 August 2019
Brexit: Prorogation, Boris Johnson's fatal weapon against Parliament? 28 August 2019
‘Far more than surveillance’ is already in place and ‘cyberocracy’ could change how government is run 28 August 2019
Anti-Brexit lawmakers try cooperating, for a change 27 August 2019
Israel and Britain’s Jews 23 August 2019
Has Boris Johnson found a way to break the Brexit impasse? 22 August 2019
The great university con: how the British degree lost its value 21 August 2019
How do women change politics? 16 August 2019
What is really going on behind Boris Johnson’s crackdown on crime? 13 August 2019
Gender gap in attitudes towards Brexit 13 August 2019
Jeremy Corbyn ramps up general election planning with Shadow Cabinet strategy day 8 August 2019
Brexit gamble: Boris Johnson could call shock snap general election, warns political expert 7 August 2019
Jeremy Corbyn: Britain’s saviour or great white nope? 7 August 2019
The rising use of English in France 5 August 2019
The resistance to Boris Johnson’s premiership is angry, organised – and already in full swing 2 August 2019
Whip up some sympathy for the hardest job in Parliament 1 August 2019
Labour must stop its demonisation of ethnic-minority Tories 31 July 2019
Dominic Cummings: Downing Street's disruptor in chief 30 July 2019
Boris Johnson should call a general election now if he wants to win 27 July 2019
Boris Johnson faces a millennial Brexit wildcard 26 July 2019
Critical crisis around Brexit set to continue 25 July 2019
99.86% of us didn’t have a say on Boris Johnson becoming Prime Minister 24 July 2019
Theresa May: a legacy sunk by Brexit 24 July 2019
Maverick Boris Johnson or manager Jeremy Hunt: Who will be Britain's new prime minister? 23 July 2019
Gender matters in responding to major disease outbreaks like Ebola 23 July 2019
United Kingdom, between the jester Boris and the manor Jeremy 21 July 2019
New members flood U.K.’s Conservatives, yanking the party right 19 July 2019
Jeremy Hunt Counts on a Late Surge to Beat Boris Johnson 19 July 2019
Meet the 0.25 percent of Brits who will pick the next prime minister 18 July 2019
Labour’s Brexit capitulation is the end of Corbynism 18 July 2019
New statistics confirm what we already knew – Islamophobia is thriving in all parts of British society 17 July 2019
Going the way of the dodo? The decline of Britain's two main parties 16 July 2019
Will Boris Johnson’s bluster over a no-deal Brexit collide with reality? 11 July 2019
Another wave of anti-politics is looming – can the centre hold? 9 July 2019
The UK's next prime minister will be chosen by 0.2% of the nation 6 July 2019
Tory leadership contest: What's on the minds of party members? 5 July 2019
Tory candidates and the Brexit bidding war 2 July 2019
Who are the members of the Conservative Party? 1 July 2019
People are unpredictable at predicting what they will do 27 June 2019
Conservatives engulfed by a strident English nationalism 26 June 2019
Boris Johnson in No 10 would send a message to the world: Britain brazenly tolerates prejudice and hatred 25 June 2019
Boris Johnson: Conservatives could be making a major error in letting him avoid the press and public 20 June 2019
Fewer than 160,000 people will select the next UK prime minister. Who are they? 20 June 2019
Britain's Conservatives agree on all but one issue, but it's a big one 19 June 2019
The surreal contest to succeed Theresa May 18 June 2019
Tory faithful look for Rottweiler to deliver hard Brexit 17 June 2019
6 Out of 7 candidates for U.K. Prime Minister admitted to using drugs. Here's why it might not matter 14 June 2019
A select few prepare to pick next U.K. Prime Minister 14 June 2019
New Competition Commission already under fire 13 June 2019
Boris Johnson: Row over poll predicting landslide election win for Tory leadership hopeful 13 June 2019
Is it ok to throw a milkshake at a politician? 12 June 2019
Boris Johnson supporters want no-deal Brexit and less talk of climate change – new survey of party members reveals 12 June 2019
We can’t let our future be decided by white male Conservatives 11 June 2019
Theresa May’s legacy 10 June 2019
Michael Gove, British PM hopeful: 'I deeply regret' taking cocaine 10 June 2019
President Trump, Unloved in Britain, Still Tries to Play Kingmaker 6 June 2019
Donald Trump protest in London 4 June 2019
It’s not just Trump and the US that is threatening reproductive health: Curtailment of reproductive rights is the norm around the world 3 June 2019
The next Tory leader will have even less flexibility than May on Brexit 3 June 2019
Trump not seen as someone to take seriously in the UK 3 June 2019
The (mostly) men who will pick Britain’s next prime minister 31 May 2019
Future negotiations on the Commission President 30 May 2019
Donald Trump protest in London: Route, schedule and demonstration times ahead of president's UK state visit next week 30 May 2019
Pro-Brexit Tories Move to Prevent Leadership Contest ‘Stitch-Up’ 29 May 2019
Is throwing a milkshake an act of political violence? What political theory tells us 28 May 2019
Forget the Brexit Party surge in the UK, the rest of Europe has delivered a far more important message 28 May 2019
This Is What The Brexit Party European Election Victory Could Actually Mean For The UK 28 May 2019
In contest to succeed Theresa May, stars are aligning for Boris Johnson 28 May 2019
Both the Conservatives and Labour are in thrall to member power 28 May 2019
What history can tell us about the Tory leadership race 28 May 2019
‘Red lines’ on Brexit became a trap for Theresa May 24 May 2019
EU Election: Farage Supporters Eager for Brexit Litmus Test 22 May 2019
Wave of milkshake-tossing protests hits Britain 21 May 2019
UN health agency struggles with travel abuses 21 May 2019
Brexit compromise talks collapse after six weeks 20 May 2019
Votes at 16: No demand, says polling expert 20 May 2019
EU citizens in UK to use EU vote to have a say on Brexit 20 May 2019
Capital calls for more ethnic-minority local councillors 20 May 2019
Trump UK visit: More than one million Londoners ready to demonstrate against US president, survey suggests 16 May 2019
Sadiq Khan's bid for Mayor of London hit by Labour’s Brexit fallout 15 May 2019
Seven in ten Londoners would back staying in EU over Theresa May’s Brexit deal 14 May 2019
Would Margaret Thatcher have taken the US side against Huawei? Not necessarily. 13 May 2019
Pressure rises on Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn to deliver a Brexit deal 8 May 2019
Macron's 'problem' revealed – 'President of the rich' will 'struggle' to please protesters 2 May 2019
May Day protests in France 1 May 2019
Forty years ago, Thatcherism swept Britain. Could our new parties repeat the trick? 29 April 2019
Catalonia’s Existential Crisis Is Dominating the Spanish Vote 25 April 2019
How would a Final Say referendum happen? 23 April 2019
Tony Blair’s soggy tie holds lessons for the EU elections 18 April 2019
European election polls: How the EU's establishment parties will lose ground as far-Right populism increases 17 April 2019
The human wedge in a fracturing Conservative Party 17 April 2019
Brexit Extension 12 April 2019
Is the Conservative Party full of Islamophobes? Consider the evidence we found in our research 12 April 2019
Can the Queen intervene in Brexit? Why Elizabeth II could do something, but (almost definitely) won’t. 10 April 2019
Theresa May signals openness to Brexit compromise, but hurdles persist 8 April 2019
Brexit talks: Will Labour push a public vote option? 5 April 2019
Why the House of Commons is falling apart 5 April 2019
Improving candidate diversity in local government should be an urgent political priority 4 April 2019
Brexit: What's gone wrong for the UK's Labour Party? 4 April 2019
Theresa May will reach out to Labour in bid to avoid disorderly Brexit 3 April 2019
A general election would be painful, but it could solve Brexit 3 April 2019
Brexit is tearing apart Britain's establishment political parties 1 April 2019
Surge of populism in the upcoming European elections 29 March 2019
Brexit odds: Strengths and weaknesses of top 10 contenders to replace Theresa May 28 March 2019
U.K. defends buying $16 million New York penthouse for diplomat 28 March 2019
May holds talks at Chequers ahead of crucial week 27 March 2019
With 20 defeats, an historic loss of parliamentary control and no majority, is Theresa May the weakest Prime Minister ever? 27 March 2019
Theresa May battling for a job 26 March 2019
Christchurch shootings 22 March 2019
Four decades on from Callaghan’s collapse, history is repeating itself 21 March 2019
The Bercow decision 20 March 2019
Another big Brexit week begins. What's expected? 20 March 2019
Brexit: Here’s what will happen if the UK leaves the EU with no deal 14 March 2019
Brexit may just have saved Europe – it is only a shame that Britain had to sacrifice itself to do it 14 March 2019
Will the UK leave the EU on March 29th? 13 March 2019
A free vote on no-deal Brexit means the government is shrugging: “whatever” 13 March 2019
Changes to Brexit deal: what next? 12 March 2019
Theresa May’s rhetoric can be as populist as Trump’s 7 March 2019
Second referendum warning: Brexiteers opposed 'because Leave could lose' 5 March 2019
Black Londoners 'under-represented in town halls despite progress since 90s' 4 March 2019
Are universities hotbeds of left-wing bias? 21 February 2019
With 37 days until Brexit, why are UK politicians defecting? 21 February 2019
Conservatives on edge after Labour splitters show a path for Europhiles 20 February 2019
Turmoil in British politics as Labour MPs quit over Brexit and anti-Semitism 19 February 2019
Independent Group: why seven Labour MPs have left the party 19 February 2019
Brexit vote result: what Theresa May’s defeat means, why the ERG abstained and what happens next 19 February 2019
Brexit: Deal or No Deal? 15 February 2019
What the British think about divorce with the EU 13 February 2019
Theresa May stalls on Brexit. Again. And again. And again. 13 February 2019
Brexit poll: British public thinks the EU has been harsh in negotiations 12 February 2019
BBC Icons: Alan Turing was a worthy winner – but where were the women? 6 February 2019
Bill Gates makes his pitch 29 January 2019
Brexit manoeuvres 25 January 2019
Theresa May asks her MPs to ‘think about history’. She should do so too 22 January 2019
Officials discuss election plans as Brexit deadlock sparks poll talk 21 January 2019
Beginning of the end of Brexit 18 January 2019
The only thing the EU will offer now are cosmetic tweaks 18 January 2019
Crushing defeat for May’s deal leaves Brexit path unclear 17 January 2019
Jeremy Corbyn will decide what happens to Brexit (whether he wants to or not) 17 January 2019
History books are being written, but this is not the final chapter 16 January 2019
Would a Norway option break the Brexit stalemate? 16 January 2019
Proportionally, this Brexit rebellion beats even Iraq 16 January 2019
Theresa May prepares for a drubbing 15 January 2019
Hardcore Brexiteers push to leave European Union with no deal ahead of key vote 14 January 2019
John Bercow’s historic power shift from government to parliament 14 January 2019
Trump’s shutdown tactics should remind health experts they need new tools to thrive in the post-expert era 14 January 2019
How long can Labour’s Eurosceptic leader keep Europhile members happy? 11 January 2019
The leader of a new party can’t come from the same old politics 11 January 2019
70 per cent of MPs think Theresa May has done a poor job of negotiating Brexit 11 January 2019
Universities needn’t fear a no-deal Brexit 8 January 2019
Johnson and Rees-Mogg are still in with a shout in the race to succeed May 8 January 2019
Should the UK be raising rather than lowering the voting age? 7 January 2019
Bashar al-Assad’s international rehabilitation has begun 7 January 2019
Jeremy Corbyn’s successor may be more establishment than you expect 4 January 2019
Most Tory members would choose a no-deal Brexit over Theresa May's plan, poll shows 4 January 2019
Defining moments for the European Union 3 January 2019
Corbyn defies Labour calls to seek second referendum 2 January 2019
Most Labour members believe Corbyn should back second Brexit vote 2 January 2019
Renegade rewind 2018 31 December 2018
Twin taboos: Sexual assault and child abuse once again in the national spotlight 22 December 2018
Why did Corbyn call the no confidence vote in May? 20 December 2018
Snowflake Brexiteers must surely expect a bit of name-calling 19 December 2018
Has the European Union got the upper hand in the Brexit deal? 17 December 2018
A second Brexit referendum was once a pipe dream. Now some wonder if it’s the only way out of the chaos. 17 December 2018
Theresa May and the Conservative Will to Power 13 December 2018
2020 London mayoral election: Sadiq Khan 'enters race with commanding lead over Tory Shaun Bailey' 12 December 2018
Theresa May suffers parliament defeats ahead of key vote: Brexit update 10 December 2018
Anti-Brexit campaigners in mounting calls for second vote after European court rules Britain can unilaterally halt Brexit 10 December 2018
With Brexit Vote Looming, Britons on Both Sides Rally in London 10 December 2018
'Gilets Jaunes' protests in France 10 December 2018
The week in Parliament 3 December 2018
Don’t underestimate Rees-Mogg’s ‘phantom army’ of Brexit fanatics 21 November 2018
Theresa May only stands a 50-50 chance of winning a confidence vote 19 November 2018
Brexit agreement 19 November 2018
At Brexit crunch time, May takes a bruising 19 November 2018
May's draft agreement 15 November 2018
DUP warns Theresa May over draft Brexit treaty 15 November 2018
Labour and the Tories are pinching each other’s plans. Does it work? 9 November 2018
Panic grips India's capital of New Delhi as life-threatening smog blankets the city 6 November 2018
Women seeking selection to be MPs face bias, finds study 2 November 2018
World's tallest statue unveiled in India 1 November 2018
Hospital patients held hostage for cash 26 October 2018
Queen Mary students discuss mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey 19 October 2018
Far-right forces 18 October 2018
HIV positive cast star in Pili, the film shining a light on Tanzanian women living with HIV 17 October 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Conservative conference: a party surprisingly united on Brexit, just divided from the rest of the world 2 October 2018
Professor Tim Bale, UK leader tries to solve her Brexit conundrum 1 October 2018
Professor Philip Cowley, Obama adviser’s ‘catastrophic’ modelling made Tories confident for 2017 election 27 September 2018
Mile End Institute, How Brexit weakens and strengthens Britain’s Conservatives 27 September 2018
Dr Javier Sajuria, Who spoke at Labour’s conference, who didn’t, and what this tells us about a People’s Vote 27 September 2018
Dr Elizabeth Chatterjee, New airport in India soars at 4,600-foot elevation in the Himalayas 27 September 2018
Professor Philip Cowley, Another election? It's likely to be an accidental one 23 September 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Labour Party faces its own Brexit test 22 September 2018
Nick Barlow, What makes a centrist? 22 September 2018
Karl Pike, Labour conference: a major stress test for the ‘broad church’ 21 September 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Online or offline? A look at the activism of Labour members 21 September 2018
Dr Elizabeth Chatterjee, Taking two steps forward, one step back 20 September 2018
Professor Philip Cowley, Londoners arrogant and insular, according to those outside capital 18 September 2018
Professor Philip Cowley, Khan backed for 2020 Mayoral bid 18 September 2018
Professor Philip Cowley, What the rest of Britain thinks of London and why it matters 17 September 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Tory rebels may hit magic number but May remains their best bet 12 September 2018
Professor Tim Bale, DUP could be forced to accept Irish Sea border in Brexit deal 12 September 2018
Professor Philip Cowley, Sadiq Khan's popularity sinks after long summer of violent crime 11 September 2018
Dr Elizabeth Chatterjee, India to unveil world's largest statue 11 September 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Boris Johnson’s getting divorced, but Tories are unlikely to dump him 7 September 2018
Professor Tim Bale, UK's summer of discontent: Conservative grassroots can't stand PM's Brexit plan 5 September 2018
Professor Phil Cowley, Has Jeremy Corbyn ever voted with the Conservatives in Parliament? 4 September 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Surge in Tory members sparks fears of ‘grass roots rebellion’ 2 September 2018
Dr Lee Jones, Genocide against the Rohingya 28 August 2018
Professor Tim Bale, After Theresa May, Tory members will be crying out for a Brexiteer 21 August 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Brexit: Tory MPs warn of entryism threat from Leave.EU supporters 19 August 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Tory London mayor shortlist lacks big-name candidates 15 August 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Counting the cost of Brexit inaction 12 August 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Boris Johnson refuses to apologise for burka ‘letter box’ remark 8 August 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Britain is preparing for a ‘no deal’ Brexit. Here’s what that means 6 August 2018
Dr Chris Phillips, The world abetted Assad’s victory in Syria 4 August 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Could Boris Johnson come back as the next Prime Minister? 3 August 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Jeremy Corbyn 2 August 2018
Professor Rainbow Murray, The Morality of Diversity 25 July 2018
Professor Philip Cowley, 'We're the opposition': Rees-Mogg and his European Research Group 20 July 2018
Professor Philip Cowley, How can the Brexit stalemate be broken? 17 July 2018
Dr Lee Jones, Grandparents of Brexit 16 July 2018
Constantin Gouvy, Open arms and cIosed doors: IS members' families face hard return home 15 July 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Here’s Tory Brexiteers’ real plan for 2019: a leaner, meaner Britain 13 July 2018
Dr Sarah Wolff, The White Paper on Brexit 13 July 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Britain braces itself for Trump’s visit 12 July 2018
Professor Tim Bale, UK will have a 'gun to its head' over Brexit resignations 10 July 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Boris Johnson and ‘Brexit minister’ resign, leaving government in disarray 10 July 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Brexit: Why is everyone talking about the meeting at Chequers? 6 July 2018
Professor Tim Bale, On Brexit, it’s decision time for Theresa May (and for her critics) 4 July 2018
Dr Lee Jones, Is the trial of Najib Razak a political vendetta? 4 July 2018
Dr Lee Jones, Will democracy be part of Thailand 4.0? 2 July 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Was Jacob Rees-Mogg right to compare Theresa May to Sir Robert Peel? 2 July 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Conservative hopefuls begin canvassing to replace Theresa May 28 June 2018
Dr Lee Jones, Amnesty International's report on Myanmar army atrocities against the Rohingya 27 June 2018
Professor Tim Bale & Dr Monica Poletti, The long march of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party 25 June 2018
Professor Tim Bale, The ‘meaningful vote’ explained: why we’re still talking about this amendment 20 June 2018
Dr Lee Jones, Thai PM visits UK 18 June 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Brexit amendments: Why the ‘meaningful vote’ is so important 12 June 2018
Dr Sarah Wolff, Why Italy wouldn’t accept a boat carrying 600 migrants – but Spain will 11 June 2018
Dr Patrick Diamond, We need the left to come together and rethink taxation 10 June 2018
Professor Philip Cowley, One year on, memories of the bombshell exit poll that spelt disaster for Theresa May 7 June 2018
Dr Sarah Wolff, The "Windrush" generation: A collateral damage to the British migration deterrence policy 5 June 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Political work experience 5 June 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Grammar schools are indefensible. I should know – I went to one 11 May 2018
Professor Tim Bale, UK Conservatives hold ground in local elections 4 May 2018
Dr Christopher Philips, Syria: The World’s War 4 May 2018
Professor Philip Cowley, Mayor Sadiq Khan’s popularity slips as Londoners think services are getting worse 2 May 2018
Dr Lee Jones, “Can you measure teaching quality?” 30 April 2018
Professor Philip Cowley, May local election polls: Tories trail Labour by 22 points in London 26 April 2018
Dr Monica Poletti, Tory party membership 18 April 2018
Dr Christopher Phillips, Syria's war: Trump's chemical dilemma 13 April 2018
Professor Tim Bale, On anti-Semitism, new and old Labour members are moving in the same direction 13 April 2018
Dr James Strong, Action or inaction: What are Theresa May’s political options? 12 April 2018
Dr Javier Sajuria, Twitter bots can make opinions more extreme 9 April 2018
Karl Pike Labour, Jeremy Corbyn and four fault lines that will now define the party 3 April 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Did Brexit campaigners cheat? And if they did, what does that mean? 31 March 2018
Dr Sarah Wolff, In Calais, migrants, refugees and exiles continue to boycott Emmanuel Macron's soup 22 March 2018
Professor Tim Bale and Dr Monica Poletti, Where have all the women gone? The Tories have a serious gender problem 15 March 2018
Professor Philip Cowley, This week in Westminster 10 March 2018
Dr Monica Poletti, Women outnumbered 3 to 1 by men in Tory grassroots, study finds 7 March 2018
Dr Christopher Phillips, What is Putin’s endgame in Syria? 3 March 2018
Professor Adam Fagan to stand for UACES Chair position 1 March 2018
Professor Philip Cowley, Rough sleeping in the capital 'getting worse,' Londoners say in poll 24 February 2018
Dr Lee Jones, Brainy Brits come out for Brexit 22 February 2018
Professor Philip Cowley, Tories face heavy losses in London polls, survey finds 22 February 2018
Dr Sophie Harman, Bill and Melinda Gates hear you 16 February 2018
Dr Christopher Phillips, Syria's war has never been more international 14 February 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Boris Johnson warns against a Brexit do-over 14 February 2018
Dr Christopher Phillips, Syria: a conflict explored at Imperial War Museum North 12 February 2018
Dr Lee Jones, Is free speech under attack? 6 February 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Taking their knives to Mrs May’s toga won’t solve all of the Tories’ troubles 4 February 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Europe’s populists are waltzing into the mainstream 3 February 2018
Mile End Institute, Jacob Rees-Mogg defends raising claims of Brexit 'conspiracy' 1 February 2018
Professor Philip Cowley, Hugh Gaitskell widow criticised Harold Macmillan in letter 1 February 2018
Special offers at QMUL for Spring and Summer 2018 1 February 2018
With the cold dark days of winter now brightening and the excess of Christmas and the New Year over, Events & Hospitality QMUL is looking to add some further cheer as we look forward to the warmer days of spring and summer 2018 with two special offers for event organisers.
Professor Tim Bale, If Tories want May gone, here’s how to do it 31 January 2018
Dr Lee Jones, University staff are right to be striking 30 January 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Fianna Fáil TDs are drawing up their suicide note 25 January 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Britain’s populist Ukip party is imploding 22 January 2018
Prof Philip Cowley and Prof Tim Bale, Majority of MPs would accept staying in single market 22 January 2018
Professor Philip Cowley, New universities minister backs tuition fees review 19 January 2018
Dr Lee Jones, Myanmar’s forgotten people 18 January 2018
Dr Nivi Manchanda, There’s more than political correctness to the new British Army recruitment campaign 17 January 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Party members hold dear their privileges in candidate selection 10 January 2018
Professor Tim Bale, Brandon Lewis will struggle to revive the shrivelled Tory grassroots 8 January 2018
London Bride Magazine throws the Spotlight on The Octagon! 7 January 2018
We are so excited to see the Octagon thrown into the spotlight in the 2018 edition of London Bride Magazine! One of our wonderful couples share their memories of their 'London' themed wedding hosted at QMUL.
Professor Tim Bale, Tory members ‘a breed apart’ from other main parties, study finds 4 January 2018
Mile End Institute, Theresa May could lose half of London councils in spring elections 2 January 2018
Professor Philip Cowley, This is how backbenchers are taking back control in Parliament 1 January 2018
Dr Javier Sajuria, Sebastian Pinera wins presidential run-off in Chile 18 December 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Strictly Come Dancing and racial prejudice 14 December 2017
Professor Tim Bale, May picks Brexiteer to replace scandal-hit aid minister 9 December 2017
Dr Lisa Tilley, Scholars and the debate about colonial rule 8 December 2017
Dr Sophie Harman, Hundreds of thousands of poor people detained in hospitals 6 December 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Hard Brexit looks inevitable unless there is a large shift in public opinion to stay 5 December 2017
Dr Lee Jones, Our colonial history and guilt over empire 2 December 2017
Prof Rainbow Murray, Trump has raised an ultra-nationalist British group out of obscurity 29 November 2017
Dr Javier Sajuria, Chile stock market drops after Piñera falls short in presidential poll 27 November 2017
Professor Tim Bale, On Brexit, Labour is about to take a big gulp from a poisoned chalice 27 November 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Abuse campaign targeted Tories 26 November 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Budget 2017: Should Philip Hammond remain chancellor of the exchequer? 23 November 2017
Dr Javier Sajuria, Chile just went to the polls and transformed its legislature 21 November 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Historical budgets serve as warning to Philip Hammond 20 November 2017
Dr Lee Jones, US, EU talk tough on Cambodia 18 November 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Sex, slang, steak: views that show remainers and leavers are worlds apart 14 November 2017
Professor Rainbow Murray, Is It Too Late for Boris Johnson to Say Sorry? 14 November 2017
Professor Rainbow Murray, Theresa May's 'Profoundly weak, surprisingly stable' leadership 11 November 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Theresa May's troubled government struggles with inappropriate conduct 10 November 2017
Donald Trump not welcome to speak in Parliament, says John Bercow 10 November 2017
Dr Sarah Wolff, Is the Franco-German engine floundering? 8 November 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Blunders by May's top ministers put her on spot 6 November 2017
Professor Philip Cowley, Sex harassment storm rattles UK political elites 2 November 2017
Dr Lee Jones, Universities pressured to cut Myanmar ties over Rohingya crisis 2 November 2017
Professor Tim Bale, My secret plan to turn students against Brexit 26 October 2017
Dr Lee Jones, MP accused of McCarthyite behaviour over Brexit university list 24 October 2017
Dr Lee Jones, Universities deplore ‘McCarthyism’ as MP demands list of tutors lecturing on Brexit 24 October 2017
Dr Lee Jones, Should universities be fined for failing to uphold free speech? 22 October 2017
Professor Rainbow Murray, Emmanuel Macron tries to rebrand 19 October 2017
Professor Philip Cowley, Why Dominic Grieve is the UK’s most important man on Brexit 19 October 2017
Dr Lee Jones, A better political economy of the Rohingya crisis 13 October 2017
Professor Philip Cowley, Tories face ‘trouncing’ in town hall elections with 53 per cent backing Labour 13 October 2017
Dr Javier Sajuria, Londoners identify as citizens of city first before 'British', 'English' or 'European' 10 October 2017
Dr Daniel Kato, Triangulation is the not-so-new black 10 October 2017
Dr Lee Jones, The latest on the Rohingya Crisis 10 October 2017
Professor Tim Bale and Dr Monica Poletti. Revealed: the typical political party member 9 October 2017
Professor Tim Bale, On day Britain’s leader needed things to go right, nothing did 6 October 2017
Professor Philip Cowley, Londoners are out of touch with Mayor and local government 6 October 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Seven in 10 grassroots Tories are men 5 October 2017
Dr Monica Poletti, A prankster, a coughing fit and a restless party undermine May's 'last chance' speech and give Boris a boost 4 October 2017
Professor Tim Bale, How the Tory party can solve its membership crisis, in three easy steps 3 October 2017
Professor Philip Cowley, Londoners support Sadiq Khan over Uber ban and handling of Grenfell 1 October 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Political parties: Who joins them these days? 29 September 2017
Dr Stijn van Kessel, Brexit doesn’t loom large in populist radical right parties’ campaigns 28 September 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Labour in Brighton: it’s not a cult, it’s too big for that now 27 September 2017
Professor Tim Bale, The Tory temperament means a U-turn on Europe is always possible 26 September 2017
Professor Tim Bale, EU hopes for clarity on Brexit payments 21 September 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Saving capitalism - and the Conservatives 21 September 2017
Dr Rainbow Murray, Will the splintering of France's National Front help or harm it? 21 September 2017
Professor Tim Bale, To me, golliwogs are racist – but a tearoom tangle and a new poll shows Britain disagrees 20 September 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Will Boris Johnson be the next Prime Minister 19 September 2017
Dr Bryan Mabee, Armed forces are no place for 16-year-olds 12 September 2017
Conservative Party members overwhelmingly old and male, YouGov study reveals 8 September 2017
Professor Philip Cowley, Theresa May’s case for claiming a majority that she doesn’t have 8 September 2017
Dr Rainbow Murray, French voters may be souring on Macron, but he’s all they’ve got 7 September 2017
Professor Rainbow Murray, Macron: the honeymoon's over 25 August 2017
Dr Lee Jones, The trial of Yingluck Shinawatra 25 August 2017
Dr Lee Jones, Sanctions are counterproductive 17 August 2017
Professor Tim Bale, A new centrist pro-EU party can be a catalyst even if it flops 14 August 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Blue on blue: the 10 greatest Tory feuds 14 August 2017
Professor Tim Bale, The crisis in Conservatism 8 August 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Big majority of Labour members 'want UK to stay in single market' 8 August 2017
Professor Tim Bale, What chance for a new 'centre ground' party in the UK? 8 August 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Taxes and foxes: why certain issues have the power to turn a political campaign 7 August 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Tory members turn to David Davis in battle to succeed Theresa May 22 July 2017
Dr Patrick Diamond, One year on, Theresa May keeps fragile grip on her job as British Prime Minister 18 July 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Theresa May gains Conservative support to sack ministers 17 July 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Think you know who will be the next PM? Think again . . . and again 11 July 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Theresa May has a plan to win back support in the UK 8 July 2017
Dr Rainbow Murray, Emmanuel Macron's State of the Union 3 July 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Tory humiliation down to campaign length and cult of May – Norman Tebbit Q&A 29 June 2017
Professor Tim Bale, The Tories' deal with the DUP papers over the cracks, but it can't work miracles 26 June 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Is the UK in dis-May? 19 June 2017
Dr Rainbow Murray, Macron's majority 19 June 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Tory MPs will not let Theresa May betray Brexit 15 June 2017
Dr Rainbow Murray, Macron won, May nil 14 June 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Majority of every worker group voted for Labour over Tories except retired, election poll finds 13 June 2017
Dr Françoise Boucek, President Macron expected landslide victory in the French parliamentary election after the first round of voting 12 June 2017
Dr Sofa Gradin, Is there really a crisis around identity politics on the left? 12 June 2017
Karl Pike, Corbyn’s outsider triumph resonates with Labour’s history-and its internal battles 12 June 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Forget culture wars, the election was about power, cash and opportunity 11 June 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Conservatives lose their majority in British Parliament amid calls for May to resign 9 June 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Why Theresa May could be damaged even if she wins the election 7 June 2017
Professor Phillip Cowley, Heckling and hair of the dog: Election campaigns never used to be this boring 7 June 2017
Professor Philip Cowley, The Liberal Democrats bet on a Brexit election. It hasn't paid off 6 June 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Jeremy Corbyn: the outsider hoping to become Britain's PM 5 June 2017
Professor Tim Bale, For Britain’s Labour Party, a Mild Defeat May Be Worst of All 3 June 2017
Professor Philip Cowley, Sadiq Khan would beat Theresa May if he was party leader 2 June 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Ukip seems to be facing a pretty bleak future 1 June 2017
Professor Philip Cowley, Jeremy Corbyn in shock surge as Labour leader now more popular than Theresa May in London 1 June 2017
Professor Tim Bale, The rise of Tory attack ads on Facebook 31 May 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Greens can thrive as a party on the margins 31 May 2017
Professor Tim Bale, The Lib Dem fightback may fall flat 30 May 2017
Dr Eleanor Brooks, Health in the 2017 country specific recommendations 29 May 2017
Dr Françoise Boucek, Transforming the Republic 29 May 2017
Professor Tim Bale, How Did Immigration Stop Being a Political Taboo in the UK? 22 May 2017
Professor Tim Bale, May hammers home her catchy refrain 22 May 2017
Dr Lee Jones, Sexual assault case against Julian Assange is dropped 22 May 2017
Dr Rainbow Murray, With Brigitte Macron will France have a first lady 22 May 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Corbyn fights to stay Labour leader with UK vote a long shot 17 May 2017
Professor Philip Cowley, Theresa May ducks questions about Chancellor's future amid rumours of rift 17 May 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Do manifestos matter? 16 May 2017
Dr Françoise Boucek, New Prime Minister elected as President Emmanuel Macron’s latest move 15 May 2017
Professor Philip Cowley and Professor Tim Bale, Black and ethnic minority voters explain why they won’t back Theresa May 13 May 2017
Dr Rainbow Murray, Marion Marechal-Le Pen quits politics after aunt’s election loss 12 May 2017
Dr Lee Jones, Should university lecturers report their students to counter-terror police? 11 May 2017
Dr Patrick Diamond, A beginner’s guide to election manifestos – and why they really matter 11 May 2017
Dr Rainbow Murray, What’s next for Marine Le Pen and France’s far right? 10 May 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Will Jeremy Corbyn stay on as Labour leader if the party loses the General Election? 9 May 2017
Professor Tim Bale, After an enormous victory in local elections, should the Tories fear voter complacency in the General? 8 May 2017
Dr Rainbow Murray, Newly elected French President has his work cut out 8 May 2017
Dr Françoise Boucek, France's new president Emmanuel Macron 8 May 2017
Dr Rainbow Murray, French election: protest vote for ‘nobody’ was highest in half a century 8 May 2017
Dr Françoise Boucek, Everything you need to know about France's new president 8 May 2017
Dr Françoise Boucek, Macron wins French election: what now? 8 May 2017
Professor Philip Cowley, How the Conservatives are using local ads to get around election spending rules 5 May 2017
Dr Sarah Wolff, France is proud of its secularism. But religion could shape who wins Sunday 5 May 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Why Tory Remainers will grit their teeth and vote for May anyway 4 May 2017
Professor Philip Cowley, These local elections make a national point: voting should be compulsory 4 May 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Labour's fate was sealed in 2015 when voters turned against Jeremy Corbyn 3 May 2017
Professor Tim Bale, After a hard left turn under Corbyn, Britain’s Labour Party on course for historic defeat 30 April 2017
Professor Philip Cowley, Conservative tax policy and Labour’s approach to Brexit 30 April 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Labour's biggest nightmare is UKIP voters switching to Tory 26 April 2017
Professor Philip Cowley, May says she's not complacent as campaign rolls into labour backyard 25 April 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Lib Dems to field candidate against Commons Speaker John Bercow 25 April 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Ben Goldacre lends support as grassroots tactical voting drive to oust Tories grows 24 April 2017
Dr Françoise Boucek, Paris shootings and the impact on the French Presidential Elections 21 April 2017
Dr Rainbow Murray, EU gets tough on resident rights and what the EU owes 21 April 2017
Dr Françoise Boucek, Paris attack puts security at the top of the agenda two days before French election 21 April 2017
Dr Monica Poletti, Who will campaign in the UK 2017 snap election? 21 April 2017
Dr Rainbow Murray, What do French women think of Marine Le Pen? 21 April 2017
Dr Sarah Wolff, Does France Need to Change? 20 April 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Do snap elections actually deliver bigger majorities? 19 April 2017
Dr Rainbow Murray, How Being a Woman Helped Marine Le Pen 19 April 2017
Dr Lee Jones, The West pre-judged the outcome of the Syria gas attack investigation with strike 19 April 2017
Dr Sarah Wolff, Immigration, a consensual issue in the French presidential campaign? 18 April 2017
Dr Jeffery Webber, The rise and fall of Latin America’s ‘Pink Tide’ 10 April 2017
Professor Tim Bale, A Conservative secret weapon at the last election – the non-members who worked for victory 8 April 2017
Dr Christopher Phillips, Trump’s strike is more of the same in Syria 7 April 2017
Dr Sarah Wolff, Political Islam in Morocco: a royal affair 6 April 2017
Dr Lee Jones, Met Police’s Saudi war crimes probe ‘embarrassing’ for PM 4 April 2017
Dr Lee Jones, latest on Gibraltar, Brexit and North Korea 3 April 2017
Dr Françoise Boucek, Put Le Pen and Macron to one side – it’s the June legislative elections that will decide how France is governed 31 March 2017
Professor Philip Cowley, Jeremy Corbyn so unpopular in London that even Labour supporters think he is doing badly 31 March 2017
Professor Philip Cowley, Brexit will make Londoners and their city poorer, poll reveals 30 March 2017
Dr Lasse Thomassen, Left-wing politicians in Europe are co-opting “populism” 22 March 2017
Dr Jeffery Webber, Profits, coercion, and resistance in Latin America 21 March 2017
Professor Tim Bale, The Conservatives who threatened to vote UKIP. All mouth and no trousers. 19 March 2017
Professor Michael Kenny, English nationalism is rising: but hard Brexit is not the way to assuage it 18 March 2017
Professor Tim Bale, May faces fresh Brexit hurdles despite clearing parliament 14 March 2017
Professor Philip Cowley, Hammond Accused of Breaking Tory Pledge With Budget Tax Increase 8 March 2017
Dr Rainbow Murray, Will Alain Juppe enter the 2017 French presidential election race? 6 March 2017
Dr Paul Copeland, How three decades of negative press sunk the Remain campaign 3 March 2017
Dr Christopher Phillips, Eyes Bigger than Stomachs: Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar in Syria 2 March 2017
Dr Sophie Harman, How Can A Woman Survive Ebola And Then Die In Childbirth? 2 March 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Should Ukip just dissolve itself? 1 March 2017
Dr Patrick Diamond, Don’t blame Jeremy Corbyn over Labour’s lack of vision on Europe, Tony Blair is just as much to blame 26 February 2017
Professor Tim Bale, They are out of touch and under threat 26 February 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Britons to debate Trump visit 19 February 2017
Dr Sophie Harman wins award at QMUL’s Engagement and Enterprise Awards 2017 14 February 2017
Dr Daniel Kato, LSE US Centre 9 February 2017
Dr Rainbow Murray, Divided French left on verge of ‘collective failure’ 9 February 2017
Professor Tim Bale, As Labour Party splits over leaving the EU intensify, can the party survive Brexit? 6 February 2017
Dr Françoise Boucek, on the French presidential elections 4 February 2017
Dr Françoise Boucek, Could machete attack affect France’s presidential election? 3 February 2017
Dr Daniel Kato, The Imperial Presidency 3.0 31 January 2017
Dr Rainbow Murray, Le Pen lacks support for majority of electorate 30 January 2017
Professor Philip Cowley, The hurdles in the way of Brexit 30 January 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Theresa May says invitation to Trump still stands 30 January 2017
Professor Tim Bale, When Theresa meets Donald: A geopolitical odd couple with big implications for the West 25 January 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Trump's White House invite creates diplomatic dilemma for Theresa May 23 January 2017
Dr Daniel Kato, Obama: the black (and blue) president 20 January 2017
Professor Michael Kenny, The empire strikes back 20 January 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Theresa May to prepare country for complete split from European Union 16 January 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Brexitology: Divining Britain’s Plan to Leave the EU 11 January 2017
Dr Peter Allen, How to break into a career in politics 9 January 2017
Dr Christopher Phillips, Syria was never America's to lose 6 January 2017
Professor Tim Bale, Is the Labour party in terminal decline? 5 January 2017
Dr Lasse Thomassen, Podemos find itself caught between the battle lines of Spanish politics 15 December 2016
Dr Christopher Phillips, Aleppo evacuation 'will take days' 15 December 2016
Dr Rainbow Murray It was not their year 14 December 2016
Dr Christopher Phillips, The Battle for Syria 9 December 2016
Dr Patrick Diamond, Never mind Ukip, it's the Lib Dems' Brexit agenda that Labour should be afraid of 5 December 2016
Students awarded Principal's Prize 29 November 2016
Dr Françoise Boucek, Fillon wins presidential primary 28 November 2016
Professor Michael Kenny and Dan Gover, ‘English votes for English laws’ has not given England a voice in parliament 28 November 2016
Dr Sophie Harman, Bringing to life the reality of living as a woman with HIV/Aids in rural Tanzania 24 November 2016
Professor Tim Bale, UK dismisses Trump suggestion of Nigel Farage as ambassador to US 22 November 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Asia ponders whether Trump will walk the talk 17 November 2016
Professor Tim Bale and Monica Poletti, Explaining the pro-Corbyn surge in Labour’s membership 16 November 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, 'Leftie' Lineker becomes voice of post-Brexit outrage 10 November 2016
Watch again: Professor Adam Fagan's Inaugaral Lecture 10 November 2016
Professor Tim Bale, ‘Brexit’ proved to be sign of things to come in US 9 November 2016
Dr Christopher Phillips, 'Unknown unknowns': What Trump means for Syria 9 November 2016
Professor Tim Bale and David Jeffery, An election now would be crushing for Labour – and for Jeremy Corbyn 4 November 2016
Dr Daniel Kato, The Week in Parliament 4 November 2016
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships 26 October 2016
Dr Anne Kershen, The Victorian Slum 24 October 2016
Dr Lee Jones, President Duterte's visit to China 20 October 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Theresa May to lay out Brexit plans in Brussels 20 October 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Future of UK Labour: Electoral oblivion or dawn of socialist revolution? 19 October 2016
Professor Tim Bale, A terrorist bombing was no match for this iron lady 19 October 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Why Thailand does not have a new king yet 14 October 2016
Dr Lee Jones, The myth of King Bhumibol 14 October 2016
Professor Tim Bale, The Conservative Party and business have long had a rocky relationship 11 October 2016
Dr Sarah Wolff, Issues with the newly created European Border and Coast Guard 9 October 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Memo to May. Don’t forget One Nation 9 October 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Why Prevent should be scrapped 4 October 2016
Dr Patrick Diamond, Don’t be fooled, the Conservatives remain utterly divided on Brexit 4 October 2016
David Jeffery, The north remembers: why Conservatives still get a frosty reception in key regions 4 October 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, BOOKtalk 3 October 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Is Brexit a revolt against liberalism? 29 September 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Jeremy Corbyn's team targets Labour membership of 1 million 27 September 2016
Dr Monica Poletti, Why Labour Party members still back Jeremy Corbyn as their leader 24 September 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Would a 2017 General Election mean a landslide victory for the Conservative Party?Professor Tim Bale, May’s Iron Lady persona dims as parallels with loser Brown mount 22 September 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Socialist Corbyn set to win but Labour could split 22 September 2016
Dr Christopher Phillips, Turkey’s Syria Intervention: A sign of weakness not strength 22 September 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Would a 2017 General Election mean a landslide victory for the Conservative Party? 20 September 2016
Dr Patrick Diamond, The future of British social democracy: lessons from Anthony Crosland 20 September 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Why did David Cameron resign? Did he resign over grammar schools, Libya or memoir plans? 14 September 2016
Dr Lee Jones, on the 2016 ASEAN Summit 6 September 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Marriage, religion and voting: Author Philip Cowley on what he learnt writing 'More Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box' 4 September 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Parliament returns, referendum mistakes, new Education Secretary 4 September 2016
Professor Tim Bale, David Cameron's legacy in the shadow of Brexit 31 August 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, More sex, lies and the ballot box 30 August 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Sex, religion, age – the secret life of British voters revealed 28 August 2016
Dr Christopher Phillips, The US and Russia could help end the Syria conflict 26 August 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, What do we really know about voters? 25 August 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, How football can explain the EU referendum 20 August 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Exoneration draws curtain on Tory chairman 18 August 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Saving Labour: A rose at war with its roots? 1 August 2016
Dr Sophie Harman, PILI: HIV from the female perspective 27 July 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Search is on to reshape centre-left ground in UK politics 26 July 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Power of the whips: The silent enforcers 24 July 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Myanmar's foreign policy under Aung San Suu Kyi 23 July 2016
Professor Tim Bale and Dr Monica Poletti, Here’s what we know about Labour’s £3 supporters – and whether they’ll pay £25 to help Corbyn again 19 July 2016
Daniel Gover, Scottish Affairs Committee examine the effectiveness of Evel 19 July 2016
Professor Tim Bale and Dr Monica Poletti, Middle-class university graduates will decide the future of the Labour Party 19 July 2016
Dr Lee Jones, South China Sea ruling 18 July 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Road to Brexit is full of pitfalls 13 July 2016
Dr Lee Jones, on Brexit 13 July 2016
Professor Tim Bale, With the Labour Party in complete turmoil, does it have any chance of regaining power by 2025? 13 July 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Theresa May, untested and ascending to manage ‘Brexit’ 12 July 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Myanmar: Drugs battle, what’s the solution? 8 July 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Who are the Tory members picking UK's next prime minister? 7 July 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Labour almost certain to split if Jeremy Corbyn stays on as leader 5 July 2016
Professor Tim Bale, With Nigel Farage off the scene, will it be easier to reach a compromise with the EU on free movement? 5 July 2016
Professor Michael Kenny, English nationalism and Brexit 5 July 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Leaving the EU could be the best thing to happen to the Conservative Party in decades 30 June 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Radicalisation on campus 30 June 2016
My Clearing experience 29 June 2016
Dr Lee Jones, That post-referendum feeling 28 June 2016
Dr Patrick Diamond, As a former policy adviser to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, this is what I think the Labour Party should do next 27 June 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Boris Johnson emerges as the winner after British referendum 24 June 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, How will 'nasty' UK campaigns affect EU referendum? 21 June 2016
Professor Tim Bale, In ‘Brexit’ vote, David Cameron faces problem of his own making 21 June 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, David Cameron’s gamble on Europe puts legacy at stake 21 June 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, MPs are better than ever at serving local voters – it shouldn’t have to be dangerous 17 June 2016
Dr Lee Jones, EU referendum essay competition: should we stay or should we go? 16 June 2016
Honourable mention for Dr Robbie Shilliam at Sussex International Theory Prize 16 June 2016
Professor Philip Cowley: EU referendum - The extra thousands wanting to register to vote and what it means for the results 10 June 2016
Professor Tim Bale, UK Brexit debate has echoes of 1975 5 June 2016
Dr Lee Jones, America and Vietnam in 2016 4 June 2016
Dr Sophie Harman, Hooray for the New Health Emergencies Programme! Shame About the WHO’s Legitimacy Problem 2 June 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, What would 007 do? Fictional characters step into the debate 1 June 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Chaos awaits besieged Cameron no matter what Brexit result 31 May 2016
Dr Sophie Harman, The future of HIV/AIDS is decided next week - is anyone listening? 27 May 2016
QMUL in top 20 of places to study politics 24 May 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Two years since Thailand’s military coup, country heading for turmoil 20 May 2016
PhD Studentship 2016 in International Migration Law 16 May 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Sadiq Khan, el alcalde musulmán de Londres 14 May 2016
Professor Tim Bale, David Cameron is not the man to shoot the Conservative Eurosceptic dog 10 May 2016
Dr Lee Jones, The Philippine Presidential Election 2016 10 May 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Khan is elected mayor amid Tory backlash at Goldsmith 7 May 2016
Professor Tim Bale, London Elects First Muslim Mayor 6 May 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Did economic sanctions hurt Putin and undermine apartheid in South Africa? 6 May 2016
Professor Mike Kenny, English malaise stirs yearning for divorce from European Union 5 May 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Labour voters don't have a problem with Jewish people, but London voters seem to 5 May 2016
Professor Tim Bale, In London mayoral election, more than city hall is at stake 4 May 2016
Dr Sophie Harman producing film on Tanzanians living with HIV/AIDS 26 April 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Election expenses: new evidence Tories bankrolled local activists in marginals 21 April 2016
Professor Kimberly Hutchings at Strode’s College 14 April 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, There’s an election to Parliament that only three people can vote in 12 April 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Westminster follows US trend for full disclosure 8 April 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, EU referendum: Will anyone read £9m government leaflet? 7 April 2016
Dr Lee Jones, Global empire: Myanmar’s controlled democracy 6 April 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Cameron woes mount over steel and Panama - with EU vote to come 6 April 2016
Calls for Expressions of Interest - The Marie Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship 29 March 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Brexit? Voters can be yours for £25 each 29 March 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Cameron seeks to quell party feud over welfare and EU 21 March 2016
Politics and IR students attend Barbican workshop on Utopias 21 March 2016
Professor Kimberly Hutchings awarded ISA’s Distinguished Scholar Award 21 March 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Seeing risks everywhere, Osborne offers no austerity relief 11 March 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Irish national interest may be best served by FF in opposition 5 March 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Cameron's final gamble — it could all go ‘horrifically wrong’ 19 February 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Day of reckoning for wavering Conservative Eurosceptics 18 February 2016
Dr Rainbow Murray, 50,000 members and counting: meet the political party prepared to lose, to win 17 February 2016
Professor Tim Bale, What does the public think of Jeremy Corbyn since he became Labour leader? 17 February 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Is it really all doom and gloom for Blairites? Perhaps they should realise they have a champion in Michael Gove 16 February 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Londoner's Diary 11 February 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Nigel Farage makes £12m referendum play for anti-EU donors 11 February 2016
Dr Lee Jones, A look the headlines in Asia 8 February 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Conservatives: the party of business? 3 February 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Is the Prime Minister right to make migration central to his EU renegotiation demands? 2 February 2016
Professor Tim Bale, 12 step programme to rehabilitate Fianna Fáil 2 February 2016
Professor Philip Cowley and Professor Tim Bale, What they really think on Planet Tory 31 January 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Is Labour damaging its chances in 2020 by campaigning to remain in the EU? 27 January 2016
Professor Tim Bale, The forgotten Cecil Parkinson 26 January 2016
Professor Philip Cowley, Trying to analyse the election spending data? Follow Deep Throat’s advice… 21 January 2016
Dr Lee Jones The headlines in Asia this week 18 January 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Martin: People trust me to lead country 17 January 2016
Professor Tim Bale, Fianna Fail’s long march back to power 14 January 2016
Professor Tim Bale, No love in Labour: Jeremy Corbyn’s slipping grip on his party 4 January 2016
Dr Peter Allen awarded ESRC and British Academy grants 21 December 2015
Dr Robbie Shilliam talks about his public engagement work 14 December 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Cameron's 'Brexit' riddle: Row with EU or row with Eurosceptics? 13 December 2015
Dr Rainbow Murray, The future of French politics 13 December 2015
Dr Lee Jones, Critics line up on role of graduate outcomes in TEF 6 December 2015
UACES 46th Annual Conference 2016 | Call for Panels and Papers 4 December 2015
Jennifer Thomson, A court just made a landmark ruling for abortion rights in Northern Ireland 3 December 2015
Dr Christopher Phillips, Britain must not escalate the conflict in Syria 2 December 2015
Professor Michael Kenny awarded WJM MacKenzie Prize for best book 2 December 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Vote on airstrikes reveals rift in Labour Party 1 December 2015
Professor Tim Bale, New women’s political party in Britain demands faster equality 27 November 2015
Dr Christopher Phillips, Cameron plans to extend UK’s military role against ISIS 26 November 2015
Dr Sarah Wolff, Migration and refugee crisis in the Mediterranean 26 November 2015
Professor Kimberly Hutchings speaks about gendered rhetorics at Trent University 25 November 2015
UK has worst October deficit since 2009 in blow to Osborne 20 November 2015
Dr Patrick Diamond, Does everybody need a winter fuel allowance? 20 November 2015
Dr Lee Jones, Naïve use of economic sanctions is ‘irresponsible’ 13 November 2015
Meet TJ Stubbs, BA International Relations student, and Founder of Stubbs Coffee 29 October 2015
TJ tells how he got started, and how his love of coffee merges with being a QMUL student as well as his programme of study. Get your own Stubbs Coffee at QMUL Makers Market, today at QM Students' Union.
Adam Fagan discusses EU policy in the Western Balkans at UK House of Lords 29 October 2015
Expressions of Interest - Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships 27 October 2015
Professor James Dunkerley, Bolivian president Evo Morales: Man of the people 26 October 2015
Professor Michael Kenny, UK reviews powers of House of Lords after tax vote 26 October 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Book Review, Margaret Thatcher: the Authorised Biography. Volume Two: Everything She Wants 24 October 2015
Dr Lee Jones, Headlines from Asia 21 October 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Notes from the Tory fringe, where everyone is playing nicely – for now 6 October 2015
Professor Tim Bale, How split are Britain’s political parties over Europe? 6 October 2015
QMUL Student Zoe Ballantyne awarded internship at the World Health Organization 1 October 2015
Zoe Ballantyne is a student on the MSc Global Health, Law and Governance programme. As part of her studies, she took the module ‘Global Politics of Health’ offered at the School of Politics and International Relations. She is currently an Intern at the World Health Organization:WHO. Here she explains more about her experience.
Dr Sophie Harman, Bill Gates and UN Say Malaria Could Be Eradicated by 2040 28 September 2015
Dr Sarah Wolff, Refugee crisis: is the EU moving forward? 25 September 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Tory party members are more right-wing than Ukip members 23 September 2015
Professor Tim Bale, The PM, the pig, the tax status and the donor 21 September 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Leftist Jeremy Corbyn elected leader of Labour Party 12 September 2015
Professor Michael Kenny, Seismic events in Labour pivotal in the battle over the territorial soul of the UK state 12 September 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Meet the man shaking up Britain’s political establishment 4 September 2015
Dr Lee Jones, The headlines in Asia 31 August 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Vital lessons for Labour from Miliband’s failure 28 August 2015
Professor Michael Kenny, Charisma: Pinning down the butterfly 24 August 2015
Dr Lee Jones, Thai junta turning tragedy to farce 21 August 2015
Dr Lee Jones, Bangkok bombing blame game speaks volumes about the state of Thai politics 19 August 2015
Dr Lee Jones, Who could be behind the Bangkok bombing? 19 August 2015
Dr Lee Jones, Explosion in central Bangkok kills at least 20 18 August 2015
New Publication: Europeanization of the Western Balkans, Environmental Governance in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia 17 August 2015
Politics and International Relations first in the Russell Group for Student Satisfaction 12 August 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Labour urgently needs more women members to avoid 'all male meetings' 10 August 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Transatlantic political twins? Trump and Corbyn defy centrist wisdom 6 August 2015
Dr Lee Jones, The latest headlines from Asia 4 August 2015
Dr Patrick Diamond, Don’t rejoice at Labour’s meltdown: One pro-business party is not enough 30 July 2015
Dr Lee Jones, Looking at Asia’s latest headlines 28 July 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Britain's Landslide 1945 Election 24 July 2015
Dr Lee Jones, The perpetual financial crisis of UK higher education 23 July 2015
Professor Tim Bale, A Corbyn-inspired split would be a Labour catastrophe – just look across the Channel 23 July 2015
Professor Kimberly Hutchings awarded BISA’s Distinguished Contribution Prize 20 July 2015
Dr Patrick Diamond, The risk for Labour is permanent irrelevance 19 July 2015
Professor Michael Kenny, Labour on wrong side of argument as far as English votes for English laws are concerned 15 July 2015
Dr Patrick Diamond, Haves and have-nots are Labour’s path back to power 13 July 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Chancellor Osborne tests new powers with eye on leadership 7 July 2015
Dr Sophie Harman, Big infrastructure: getting gender and the needs of women wrong 6 July 2015
Professor Tim Bale, "Three-thirds of Conservative MPs are Eurosceptic" 2 July 2015
Daniel Gover, Evel row as Tories accused of giving up on the Union 2 July 2015
Dr Paul Copeland, The real reason Cameron is outlining his EU plans over dinner in Brussels 25 June 2015
East London Politics Partnership Teachers Conference 2015 24 June 2015
Dr Patrick Diamond, Look behind you: how Labour can avoid the threat of Ukip 24 June 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Who will win the Labour leadership election? It's a little early to tell 22 June 2015
Dr Patrick Diamond, Europe’s flagging centre-left must get to grips with the politics of national identity 19 June 2015
Dr Lee Jones, North Korea drought increases famine fears 17 June 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Cameron risks losing grassroots support if EU plan fails 17 June 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Heir to Blair? Britain’s defeated Labour Party seeks a new leader to restore its fortunes 17 June 2015
Dr Lee Jones, How is the Magna Carta relevant today? 15 June 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Four Labour contenders search for a winning formula 15 June 2015
Professor Tim Bale, EU in/out referendum: Just 15 per cent of Tories want UK to leave 12 June 2015
Dr Anne Kershen, Time when England said ‘welcome' 12 June 2015
Dr Sophie Harman, The media loves the Gates Foundation but some experts are more sceptical 10 June 2015
Dr Emma Sanderson-Nash, Sparkling and inspiring: Charles Kennedy was a rare politician 2 June 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Fight or flight: On rationality and resilience in the Labour party 1 June 2015
Alex Challis, The role of a Research Manager 1 June 2015
Dr Lee Jones, A look at the headlines in Asia 27 May 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Labour’s Tom Watson steps into limelight 26 May 2015
Dr Lee Jones, Rohingya migrant crisis 21 May 2015
Professor Michael Kenny, UKIP didn’t invent English nationalism – it’s been brewing for years 21 May 2015
Dr Sophie Harman, Visit to Freetown, Sierra Leone to research Civil-Military co-operation in the Ebola response 18 May 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Trade unions and the Labour Party 18 May 2015
Dr Patrick Diamond, Turmoil in UK's Labour Party after election loss 18 May 2015
Professor Michael Kenny, Britain faces crucial choices 12 May 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Where did it go wrong for Ed Miliband? 12 May 2015
Dr Patrick Diamond, It was the 35% strategy that lost Labour the general election 12 May 2015
Dr Paul Copeland, David Cameron has promised too much on Europe – and that could mean a Brexit 12 May 2015
Dr Rainbow Murray, Best-ever election for women gives Britain a more balanced cabinet 12 May 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Cameron Names Record Number of Women to Post-Election Cabinet 11 May 2015
Dr Françoise Boucek, Cameron is an easier situation than Major was in 1992 8 May 2015
Professor Tim Bale, UK braces for battle over Europe after Cameron’s victory 8 May 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Substance or Style? Labour Leader Banks on Geek Appeal 7 May 2015
Dr Rainbow Murray, Nicola Sturgeon has triumphed over Britain’s sexist press – and that’s good for all women 6 May 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Chaos to the Left, Chaos to the Right: Britain’s Ominous Choice 6 May 2015
Professor Tim Bale, In British election campaign, the centre cannot hold 4 May 2015
Dr Rainbow Murray, How the major UK parties are trying to court women’s votes 3 May 2015
Professor Tim Bale, App suggests parties may have less room for manoeuvre on coalition options than they’d like 29 April 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Want to get your research noticed by politicians? Work with a think tank 27 April 2015
Professor Tim Bale, How Labour lost Scotland to the SNP 27 April 2015
Dr Lee Jones, Disaster diplomacy in Nepal 27 April 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Cameron looks more like a captive than a captain of his party 26 April 2015
Professor Michael Kenny, Talk of a divided union does not reflect English opinion 23 April 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Noticing Nicola: SNP leader makes mark in race 23 April 2015
Dr Patrick Diamond, What’s wrong with political manifestos, and how to fix them 22 April 2015
Dr Sarah Wolff, Deaths at sea: scant hope for the future from Europe’s history of failure on migrants 22 April 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Tories overplay the Scottish peril 20 April 2015
Dr Judith Bara, Reality Check: Do parties keep manifesto pledges? 17 April 2015
Dr Sarah Wolff, What can Europe do to avoid migrant boat tragedies? 16 April 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Nick Clegg, a star of Britain’s 2010 Election, faces a tough fight 15 April 2015
Dr Rainbow Murray, The Women’s Vote: Can a single gender really be grouped as one? 15 April 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Curb your cynicism: politicians do keep their manifesto promises 14 April 2015
Professor Michael Kenny granted fellowship with the Centre on Constitutional Change 14 April 2015
Dr Rainbow Murray, UKIP uses women’s rights as a trojan horse to attack minorities 13 April 2015
Professor Tim Bale, UK general election: ‘Happy Warrior’ confronts bomber pilot 10 April 2015
Dr Rainbow Murray, What’s behind the shortage of women in politics? 10 April 2015
Researchers at QMUL launch app to match voters with parties 8 April 2015
Dr Patrick Diamond, What will the three main party’s manifestos tell us? 7 April 2015
Professor Tim Bale,The Napoleonic truth about coalitions: getting most seats doesn’t mean you win 6 April 2015
SPIR academic staff recognised at annual Education Awards 6 April 2015
Dr Françoise Boucek, Sarkozy’s French local election victory sets the stage for the run up to the next presidential election 2 April 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Chillaxed David Cameron drops a bombshell 24 March 2015
Dr Sophie Harman, Global health institutions ignore misery for women in Ebola-affected regions 21 March 2015
Dr Sarah Wolff, Tunisia terror attack threatens fledgling democracy 19 March 2015
Professor Tim Professor Tim Bale, It’s difficult to respond well to a Budget – but that’s what Labour must do todayBale, Can the ‘Lizard of Oz’ win the election for the Conservatives? 18 March 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Can the ‘Lizard of Oz’ win the election for the Conservatives? 17 March 2015
Professor Tim Bale, David Cameron's interview with Buzzfeed is nothing new 16 March 2015
Dr Peter Allen, Osborne seeking to swing election with final budget 10 March 2015
Professor Tim Bale, What kind of PM would Miliband Make? 6 March 2015
Future of the UK hangs in the balance, according to experts at Mile End Institute launch event 2 March 2015
Dr Robbie Shilliam, Racial discrimination still exists in top universities 26 February 2015
Dr Sophie Harman, Three words of advice for WHO Africa's new chief 25 February 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Cameron's glitzy ties to rich donors hurt him before UK election 24 February 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Two party political system is under unprecedented pressure 23 February 2015
Professor Tim Bale, ESRC Grant Success 19 February 2015
Professor Tim Bale, We still haven’t had ‘the first internet election’ 19 February 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Alan Johnson interview 12 February 2015
Professor Michael Kenny, The rise of the Anglosphere 6 February 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Fringe parties thrive as UK voters cut old ties 2 February 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Are voters interested in the deficit? 28 January 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Britain braces for election that could herald EU exit 27 January 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Would Britain accept a Jewish Prime Minister? 23 January 2015
Dr Sarah Wolff, Managing borders in the world’s deadliest migration destination 23 January 2015
SPIR Celebrates Excellent Research Rankings in REF2014 22 January 2015
Professor Tim Bale, European far right fuelled by Paris terrorist attacks 15 January 2015
Professor Michael Kenny, What does it mean to be English? 14 January 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Does ‘effortless’ Cameron lack belief 12 January 2015
Professor Tim Bale, Not a crisis but the new normal? UK parties in the twenty-first century 19 December 2014
Dr Sophie Harman, Ebola and global health politics: an open letter 19 December 2014
Professor Michael Kenny, Hague’s proposals move ‘English votes for English laws’ into the political limelight 17 December 2014
Dr Sophie Harman, Ebola has laid bare the failings of the World Health Organisation 12 December 2014
Dr Chris Phillips, Syria: The view from Moscow 12 December 2014
Dr Rainbow Murray, UKIP’s had a bad week, but it’s not the only party failing women 10 December 2014
Professor Tim Bale On immigration, the Tories should stop following and start leading 10 December 2014
Dr Rainbow Murray, Does Politics Need Gender Quotas—for Men? 4 December 2014
Corruption: Steer Clear of Politics 27 November 2014
Professor Adam Fagan, EU Urged to Focus on Balkan Minority Rights 26 November 2014
Professor Tim Bale, Why Labour should think culturally as well as economically about immigration 20 November 2014
Professor Michael Kenny, A Moment for Self-Government 20 November 2014
Professor Michael Kenny announced as Director of Mile End Institute 19 November 2014
Professor Tim Bale, Anti-E.U. Party in Britain Strives for Wider Clout 19 November 2014
Dr Lee Jones: What happens after Thailand’s king dies? 11 November 2014
Dr Sanderson-Nash comments on the resignation of Norman Baker 5 November 2014
European Union must now support Ukraine’s fragile democracy 31 October 2014
Dr Sarah Wolf, European Common Migration policy needs a new impetus 28 October 2014
Professor Kim Hutchings interviewed by E-International Relations 24 October 2014
Ebola virus in the US: How did the disease ever spread this far? 2 October 2014
Potential successors to Cameron position themselves before close election 1 October 2014
Francoise Boucek comments on Sarkozy's return to politics 30 September 2014
Tunisia’s forthcoming elections 25 September 2014
Tim Bale reflects upon Miliband's party conference speech 24 September 2014
UN managerialism should not stifle the voices of the poor 11 September 2014
Ebola and West Africa: where did all the development money go? 11 September 2014
School awarded Bronze Award in ECU gender equality charter mark 10 September 2014
School announced as host of 2016 UACES conference 1 September 2014
Dr Rainbow Murray's article on "Quotas for Men" published in the American Political Science Review 18 August 2014
School of Politics and IR receives 90% for overall student satisfaction in NSS 14 August 2014
School staff featured on Experts on Camera 5 August 2014
Dr Judith Bara wins Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship for Research on Parliamentary Expenses 2 July 2014
Dr Judith Bara, currently Senior Lecturer in the School of Politics & IR, has received an Emeritus Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust to carry out research on parliamentary expenses.
Reggae Today: What Would Marcus Garvey Say? Event report 12 June 2014
Dr Robbie Shilliam Contributes to Major Exhibition on the RasTafari Movement 4 June 2014
By-election win for Ukip: but will it repeat the SDP's journey? 30 May 2014
Professor Bale analysed the results of the European Parliament elections in recent podcast 30 May 2014
Professor Yannis Stavrakakis to join School as Leverhulme Visiting Professor 22 May 2014
Dr Sarah Wolff Wins Leverhulme Trust and Fullbright-Schuman Awards 24 April 2014
Lord Adonis discusses 'Two Futures for London' 3 April 2014
School organises internship at the World Health Organisation 31 March 2014
Staff achieve high standard of student satisfaction for module evaluation 28 February 2014
School awarded £5000 to run a UACES network on fringe politics in South East Europe 21 January 2014
2014 news test 6 January 2014
Lord Adonis appointed Visiting Professor of the School of Politics and International Relations 10 December 2013
Dr Diamond recently wrote a report for the Civitas think-tank 3 December 2013
PhD candidate Sean Parramore recently had an article published in a Dutch national newspaper 19 November 2013
Student satisfaction with teaching is 88 per cent in the School of Politics and International Relations 13 August 2013
The School has an Improved Position in the Guardian’s University Guide 2014 4 June 2013
The School is delighted to announce its improved position within the league table for politics, as part of the Guardian’s University Guide 2014. We are now in position 13, compared with position 29 last year.
View the Guardian’s University Guide 2014 here.
Professor James Dunkerley comments on the early death of Hugo Chávez 7 March 2013
Dr Gabay's Briefing Paper for INTRAC is now available 21 February 2013
Dr Jones appeared on the radio station Monocle 24 this week to discuss the Japanese defence minister’s statement 14 February 2013
Politics and IR student, Grant Tucker publishes his book 5000 Great One Liners 14 February 2013
Professor Tim Bale gave a telephone interview to Khaleej Times about EU budget negotiations 8 February 2013
EU debate with Douglas Carswell MP and Sir Stephen Wall draws an audience of 170 guests 8 February 2013
Dr Jones appeared on Monocole 24 this week, discussing big news headlines from Asia 6 February 2013
Professor Bale discussed his book, The Conservatives Since 1945, with parliamentary correspondent Mark D’Arcy 4 February 2013
Professor Dunkerley is quoted in a Daily Telegraph article about the UK Border Agency 24 January 2013
Professor Bale quoted by Polly Toynbee in her article for the Guardian 23 January 2013
Dr Jones on Monocle 24 discussing this week’s Asian news 22 January 2013
Professor Bale gives a brief history of Mr Cameron’s predecessors’ position on the EU in a column for the Guardian’s Comment is Free 17 January 2013
Dr Jones on Monocle 24 discussing this week’s news in Asia 11 January 2013
Dr Jones speaks on Japan's elections 21 December 2012
Professor Mike Kenny’s article on Englishness is the cover story of Juncture 13 December 2012
Dr Lee Jones asked to become a regular contributor to Monocle 24 12 December 2012
Dr Phillips appeared on Channel 4 News 5 December 2012
Professor Bale comments on the by-election in Rotherham in a Telegraph article 30 November 2012
Professor Guibernau has been interviewed by national and international media on the elections in Catalonia 27 November 2012
Professor Jennings appears on BBC Radio 3 speaking about Alexis de Tocqueville 26 November 2012
Dr Boucek writes about the UMP Party leadership contest in France on the EUROPP blog 23 November 2012
Professor Bale provides comment to Bloomberg on the UK's position at the summit on the EU’s budget 22 November 2012
Professor Bale appeared on the BBC’s The Week in Parliament 16 November 2012
Dr Wolff launches her book The Mediterranean Dimension of the European Union's Internal Security 15 November 2012
Alexander James Barrow spent two fascinating days lobbying at the European Parliament in Strasbourg 6 November 2012
Professor Tim Bale reviews a biography of George Osborne for the Financial Times 5 November 2012
Dr Murray was a studio guest on France24 invited to talk about the gender gap in the US election 2 November 2012
Professor Tim Bale features in THE Appointments 25 October 2012
Dr Chris Phillips provides insight on the current situation in Lebanon and Syria 24 October 2012
Professor Michael Kenny made a presentation to a seminar in Whitehall 18 October 2012
Dr Webber’s article on the Venezuelan elections appears on therealnews.com 15 October 2012
Dr Copeland featured on Radio 5 'live drive' commenting on the EU receiving the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize 12 October 2012
Professor Bale’s comments on London Mayor Boris Johnson appear on the website of the New York Times 12 October 2012
Dr Boucek discusses the Prime Minister’s management of dissent within his party on LSE's EUROPP Blog 9 October 2012
Professor Tim Bale quoted in an article that suggests the Prime Minister needs to make a ‘comeback’ in the International Business Times 8 October 2012
Dr Jeff Webber participated in a public two-day conference on "Marxism and Revolution" 3 October 2012
Professor Guibernau was interviewed on Good Morning Scotland 1 October 2012
Professor Tim Bale quoted in the Guardian article; 'Labour must face this fact - it may be better in coalition' 28 September 2012
Professor Bale comments to Reuters on London Mayor Boris Johnson’s chances of becoming Prime Minister 18 September 2012
Professor Guibernau’s comments appear in a TIME World article on the escalating Catalan nationalist movement 14 September 2012
Professor Bale discusses the potential for a Conservative Party leadership contest in the near future 10 September 2012
Prof Bale comments to Bloomberg about David Cameron’s cabinet reshuffle 6 September 2012
Prof Tim Bale discusses David Cameron and Eurosceptic pressures on the LSE EUROPP Blog 5 September 2012
Professor Jeremy Jennings attends launch of the Adam Smith Global Foundation 17 August 2012
Politics graduate creates an award-winning fashion business 16 August 2012
Dr Jeff Webber featured in Upside Down World 15 August 2012
Dr Chris Phillips spoke to France 24 15 August 2012
Who's heard of the African Spring? 26 July 2012
African Awakenings? Interpreting contemporary African protest panel event was a huge success 23 July 2012
Prof Mike Kenny's co-wrote blog post features on front page of New Statesman website 17 July 2012
Can Jon Cruddas’ Labour policy review draw inspiration from the British New Left? 28 June 2012
Dr Lee Jones quoted in the Times Higher Education 14 June 2012
Dr Lee Jones appeared on Voice of Russia 11 June 2012
Dr Chris Phillips quoted in TheInterdependent.com 7 June 2012
Prof Montserrat Guibernau writes entry for LSE's EUROPP blog 29 May 2012
Dr Phillips quoted by CNN on Syrian crisis 25 May 2012
Prof Michael Kenny to speak about the Politics of English Nationhood at a PSA breakfast briefing 24 May 2012
Dr Rainbow Murray writes EUROPP Blog entry 23 May 2012
Dr Murray appears on France 24 and writes new blog post 17 May 2012
Dr Boucek appeared on Al Jazeera and Monocle 24 11 May 2012
Dr Murray appeared on France 24 10 May 2012
Dr Murray interviewed for the Guardian 8 May 2012
Dr Lee Jones on Cape Talk 567 4 May 2012
Dr Boucek and Dr Murray in UK and international media 4 May 2012
Prof Montserrat Guibernau wins a Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust 2 May 2012
Dr Murray appeared on France 24 2 May 2012
Dr Jones appeared on BBC World News 1 May 2012
PhD student writes opinion piece for Cicero 26 April 2012
Dr Rainbow Murray speaks to France 24 about the French presidential elections 24 April 2012
Dr Rainbow Murray appears on Women's Hour 23 April 2012
Dr Chris Phillips quoted in Jakarta Post 16 April 2012
Dr Chris Phillips interviewed on Voice of America 13 April 2012
Dr Françoise Boucek writes on LSE EUROPP Blog 11 April 2012
Dr Lasse Thomassen writes on OpenDemocracy.net 10 April 2012
Dr Judith Bara featured on Monocle 24 9 April 2012
Dr Chris Phillips comments to Reuters 5 April 2012
Dr Rainbow Murray featured on Sky News / France 24 27 March 2012
Dr Lasse Thomassen reviewed Contemporary Political Movements and the Thought of Jacques Rancière: Equality in Action, by Todd May 22 March 2012
Dr Chris Phillips appeared on Newsnight’s report about the Syrian uprising 22 March 2012
Dr Chris Phillips spoke to CNN about the anti-government uprisings in Syria 22 March 2012
Dr Judith Bara's review of Sarah Childs and Paul Webb’s recent book appears in this week’s THE 16 March 2012
Dr Chris Phillips’ comments in CNN’s overview of the conflict in Syria 15 March 2012
Recession, Racism and Riots event is a huge success 14 March 2012
International Relations student featured in Sweden's biggest daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter 13 March 2012
Dr Chris Phillips wrote an analysis in the Guardian about Syria 7 March 2012
Prof Jeremy Jennings wins the Enid McLeod Prize 6 March 2012
Dr Robbie Shilliam and Dr Jeff Webber take part in the Historical Materialism and International Relations seminar series 1 March 2012
Dr Chris Phillips has commented in Bloomberg Business Week on Syria’s plans to introduce a managed float of its currency 10 February 2012
Dr Rainbow Murray appeared on France 24 to discuss the role of women in the forthcoming French presidential elections 8 February 2012
Dr Chris Phillips appeared on France 24’s live debate on Syria and the massacre in Homs 6 February 2012
Prof Mike Kenny wins a Major Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust 2 February 2012
Dr Françoise Boucek appeared on BBC Radio Wales to discuss the prospect of a referendum on independence in Scotland 22 January 2012
Dr Chris Phillips quoted in Bloomberg on a recent speech by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad 12 January 2012
James Heartfield, quoted in USA Today 12 November 2011
Dr Lee Jones was one of more than 100 international scholars to sign a joint letter to the Thai Prime Minister, calling for a review of the Computer Crimes Act 2007 1 September 2011
Dr Rainbow Murray was on Television de Radio Canada commenting on the causes and consequences of the recent riots in Britain 12 August 2011
Dr Rainbow Murray was a guest this week on French Radio London’s Prêt à Parler show 5 July 2011
Dr Jeffery Webber contributed to the We Are Many website, talking about his books Red October and From Rebellion to Reform 1 July 2011
Dr Jeff Webber talks to Against the Grain, KPFA, about the Socialist movements in Bolivia that led to the election of Evo Morales 13 June 2011
Dr Claes Belfrage was interviewed on Icelandic RUV about the financial crisis and how Iceland was recovering from it 22 May 2011
Queen Mary has been placed 36th in the Guardian's University Guide and the School of Politics and IR has been placed 10th 17 May 2011
Dr Françoise Boucek writes on the LSE blog comparing the recent election win for the Scottish National Party with that of the Parti Québécois in the 1970s 11 May 2011
Dr Françoise Boucek was interviewed on the Canadian French station 'Radio Canada' 9 May 2011
Dr Lee Jones comments in Times Higher Education 22 March 2011
Dr Jeffery Webber talks to upsidedownworld.org about Bolivia's social movement and the course of Evo Morales' MAS government 9 March 2011
The Chicago Tribune 4 March 2011
Prof Montserrat Guibernau discusses the role of the internet in political change across North Africa and the Arab world in Public Service Europe 3 March 2011
Dr Rainbow Murray participates in an online conference about gender stereotypes and leadership 2 March 2011
What universities really want from pupils, ft.com 25 February 2011