Posted on May 19, 2017. Tags: Austria, climate change, Conservatives, environment, EU, European Union, Far-right, France, general election 2017, Globalization, green issues, green party, green politics, itvdebates, Macron, Media, Melenchon, Populism, Trump, UK, US, Van Der Bellen
Who will provide strong and stable leadership on the environment? Following May’s shock election announcement there has only been one issue on the agenda for both the media and political parties themselves: Brexit. One worrying effect of our preoccupation with constitutional issues is that green politics have been ignored. Despite Green Party gains in the […]
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Posted in Environmental Security, World
Posted on June 19, 2016. Tags: Boris Johnson, Brexit, Conservatives, Constitutionalism, David Cameron, Democracy, Economics, EU Referendum, European Union, Independence Referendum, Labour, Opposition, Populism, Rhetoric, Security, U.S., United Kingdom
In trying to puzzle through the populism animating the right and left after the 2008 global financial crisis and the 2015 European migrant crisis, we can draw a worrying parallel between the UK referenda and social and economic populism in the US. As in the US presidential race, the UK’s Remain/Leave debate is complex: it […]
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Posted in Europe, UK News, US, World
Posted on May 2, 2015. Tags: Alex Salmond, British, Conservatives, David Cameron, DUP, Ed Milliband, Election, Independence Referendum, Labour, Legitimacy, Nick Clegg, Nicola Sturgeon, Politics, Scotland, Scottish independence, Tories, UK, UKIP, Unionism, United Kingdom, Vernon Bogdanor, Westminster
The Conservative party has this week been briefing about the possibility of a Labour government supported by the SNP leading to a constitutional crisis. However, this crisis may be largely of their own making. Polls currently suggest that the Conservatives will be the largest party in Westminster, both in terms of vote share and seats, […]
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Posted in UK News, World