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Nigel Farage is engaged in a very public spat with Rupert Lowe, one of his MPs. But it hasn’t dented Reform’s polling. Here’s why.
The evidence suggests traditional parties that ape the populist radical right’s policies risk boosting their rivals instead of reclaiming voters.
Elon Musk is increasingly getting involved in other countries’ politics, but what is his end game?
Looking at how votes were distributed in 2024 offers a more reassuring picture.
People who are dissatisfied with their lives are more likely to turn away from mainstream political parties.
The two parties are actually fishing in slightly different ponds.
Tim Bale and Safia Dahani discuss the French and UK election results on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Arguments for electoral reform in the UK just got stronger with a low Labour vote delivering a massively disproportionate number of seats.
Follow along with The Conversation’s coverage of the general election results.
Tactical voting is a unique feature of the UK’s first past the post voting system.
Farage may be setting the scene for complaints of election rigging when the results come in.
Its golden age as a seaside town may be over, but left behind places like Clacton are not lacking in pride.
The Conservatives campaigned against changing the voting system in 2011, but it could have saved them from a potential wipeout at this election.
Will Labour’s pothole politics provide the meaningful infrastructure investment desperately needed in Britain?
Farage and the Mail were previously close ideological bedfellows.
Britain’s centre left has been divided since the end of the first world war – now it is the centre right that has been split.
Winning just a few seats would mean Reform would qualify for ‘short money’ – public funding for its operations – and would no longer have to rely on its own small donations pool.
Boundary changes are making this election difficult to map, so we turned to the census.
Making a ‘boring’ campaign more exciting, or just distracting from the issues that matter most?
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