There is an emerging conventional wisdom that the Brexit vote resulted from specific domestic factors in Britain, such as divisions within the ruling Conservati...
Does the UK have an industrial policy? Such a question is likely to become more acute as the UK seeks to forge new priorities to compete in the post-Brexit worl...
Culture matters in politics. But so does information: something that is more possible to influence.
‘Cultural identity and political disposition’ are two facto...
Two years before the Brexit referendum, I wrote a piece for the Political Quarterly reflecting on its potential downfalls. My concerns were prompted by research...
MPs are back from their summer holidays and demanding to know the government’s negotiating position on Brexit. Will the UK remain in the European single market?...
The Political Quarterly commentary published shortly before the 1975 referendum on Britain’s membership of the EEC was written by Bernard Crick. His summary of ...
In England, America, Europe and democracies elsewhere, a bifurcation of politics is transforming the essence of contemporary politics. This fracturing of politi...
In recent years, migration has been at the core of debates in Europe. While most governments have been concerned about the management of an unprecedented influ...
No wonder David Cameron is in a hurry to hold the EU referendum. If he waits until next year he will lose the vote. This is the conclusion of a paper I have jus...
