Ministers should have seen this exam results fiasco coming.
- Associate Lecturer, History, Lancaster University, University of Birmingham
The lack of remorse from either the prime minister or his adviser could be their undoing.
Exams are the currency of the education marketplace.
An election is on the near horizon and the Conservatives are best placed to win. But that doesn’t mean they will be popular.
Presenting himself as a man of the people is a major gamble for this prime minister.
The Remain Alliance is excited but, given the odd circumstances of this campaign, the Conservatives could have done a lot worse.
He has picked his cabinet and purged his critics … what now?
How the resurgent party can learn from the mistakes of the past to keep growing.
There are more parties than ever running for the European parliament in the UK – but that isn’t necessarily a good thing.
After a full day with her top team, the prime minister says she wants to thrash out a deal that both she and the opposition can live with.
How parliament and executive came to be locked in their Brexit impasse.
British politics is ancient, tribal and ossified. It won’t make room for a new party without putting up a fight.
Rolling coverage of the general election results from expert academics.
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Expert analysis of that infamous Brexit spat, tactical voting and Diane Abbott's media meltdown.
There’s a good reason why the PM is acting like a party with only nine MPs is a major threat.
If you think Brexit will be the issue that brings elections to the upper chamber, think again.
Passports for polling booths should not be a vote winner.
Forcing citizens to swear allegiance is misguided – and doesn’t work.
The job-share candidates were always the favourites to win. Their challenge now will be to convince Labour to work together too.
The right is celebrating the potential return of selective schools, but there are major political obstacles to overcome first.
Similar issues divide the party today as in the 1980s – the question is whether it can survive them this time.
The Lib Dems had just five seats in the 1950s – their eight remaining MPs should take heart.
The final big pitch to the voters has been made. So who came out on top?
Alexander failed to pull a rabbit out of the yellow box, but the Liberal Democrats have more tricks up their sleeves.
Multi-millionaire Adam Afriyie think he’s worth a lot more than you pay him.
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