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Faith in democracy: millennials are the most disillusioned generation ‘in living memory’

20 Oct 2020

Young people’s faith in democratic politics is lower than any other age group, and millennials across the world are more disillusioned with democracy...

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Thatcher speaking in the White House grounds during her 1987 visit to the USA

‘Don’t put yourself through it again’: Thatcher papers reveal ‘distress’ after bruising election win

10 Oct 2017

Margaret Thatcher’s third and final election victory dominates the 50,000 pages of her personal papers for the year 1987 – opening to the public from...

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Opinion: Angela Merkel to run again: why she's the antithesis of Donald Trump in a post-truth world

21 Nov 2016

In this article, Katharina Karcher from the Department of German and Dutch discusses the election prospects of the self-described “chancellor for...

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Jasper Johns, "Flag", 1954-55, MoMA, New York

Opinion: Decision time in the US

05 Nov 2016

Seven Cambridge academics weigh in on the Trump vs Clinton showdown

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Merkel took a hit at the polls but so have most other European leaders.

Opinion: German election: is this really a verdict on Merkel’s open door to refugees?

15 Mar 2016

Katharina Karcher (Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages) discusses Germany's regional elections, which saw major gains made by the right-wing...

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Donald Trump in Reno, Nevada

Opinion: Harsh Republican immigration rhetoric is invigorating Latino voters

22 Feb 2016

Carlos Adolfo Gonzalez Sierra (Centre of Latin American Studies) discusses how the anti-immigrant rhetoric of Republican candidates is forcing Latino...

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Narendra Modi at a BJP rally

Opinion: A regional election in India ends in a damning verdict on prime minister Modi

10 Nov 2015

Bhaskar Vira (Department of Geography) discusses the result of the election in the Indian state of Bihar and what it means for Prime Minister Modi's...

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Jeremy Corbyn campaigning in Margate, 5 September 2015

'Spin' or be lost: how Corbyn rejected New Labour PR for a more civic vision

29 Sep 2015

Scott Anthony, Affiliated Research Scholar in the Faculty of History, discusses Jeremy Corbyn's Labour leadership campaign and the history of...

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David Runciman

Speaker spotlight: Professor David Runciman

23 Sep 2015

Professor David Runciman, Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), answers questions about UK politics, voting, and the...

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Online voting

Anyone for digital democracy?

02 Mar 2015

Dr Finbarr Livesey – University lecturer and Deputy Director of the MPhil in Public Policy – submitted research to Parliament’s recent report on...

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Bernard Ingham's note of warning to Margaret Thatcher two days before the 1983 General Election

Inside the landslide: Thatcher's personal papers for 1983 opened to the public

10 Oct 2013

Margaret Thatcher’s personal papers for 1983 – the year of her landslide election victory over Michael Foot’s Labour Party – have been opened to the...

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Reporting from Zimbabwe: why the sanctions must be lifted

24 Aug 2013

The Zimbabwean elections will quickly drop off the international news agenda. In her third and final report, anthropology student Rowan Jones ponders...

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