Farage avoided the count, but will face a re-opened probe into his finances after winning the Clacton byelection.
- Emeritus Professor of Political Communication, University of Leeds
People want to feel like their disappointment is being heard.
‘Out with the old’ was the prevailing sentiment of the 2026 local elections.
A mood of shocked loss has emerged in the UK, as basic public services have fallen apart.
It was hard to escape the feeling that the would-be leaders are as out of touch as one questioner suggested.
It is amorphous, intangible and difficult to articulate – but it’s worth trying to pin down what lies underneath expressions of grief for a lost monarch.
Boris Johnson bukanlah sosok pemimpin pertama di dunia yang lebih mengutamakan ambisi pribadinya daripada kepentingan pemerintahan.
Johnson is not the first world leader to prioritise his own ambitions over meaningful governance.
The aesthetics of Allegra Stratton’s mock press conference made the revelations coming out of it so much worse.
Both party leaders seem to elicit stronger negative responses than positive.
The PM was meant to talk about recruitment but ended up rambling about Brexit.
Ordinary people have been getting their 15 minutes of fame on the small screen since the 1940s.
In this special The Conversation project, scholars and commentators from around the world examine the rise of populism, and its implications, now and into the future.
The faultlines in democratic politics are clear. On one side is a system of democracy that is bad at making people feel represented. On the other are anti-politician performers like Donald Trump.
The debate shambles has reached its climax and guess who drew the short straw.
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