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  • Friday, 18 October, 2019
    Brexit
    The prospects for a second Brexit referendum

    Another public vote on leaving the EU would turn on ‘Bregret’ and on new voters

  • Friday, 6 September, 2019
    UK general election
    Tactical voting could foil Johnson’s election plan

    Labour and the Lib Dems need to form a ‘Remain alliance’ or risk a Tory majority

  • Saturday, 22 June, 2019
    Conservative Party UK
    Tories should fear the Lib Dems as much as Nigel Farage

    Analysis of European elections reveals a range of threats to the Tory party and its next leader

  • Wednesday, 29 March, 2017
    ReviewPolitical books
    Shocked by populism? You shouldn’t be

    The revolt described by David Goodhart in ‘The Road to Somewhere’ has been decades in the making

  • Saturday, 25 February, 2017
    Populism
    Ukip will be remembered for triggering contagion

    Castigating Paul Nuttall’s party for failing to win seats downplays its influence

  • Friday, 24 June, 2016
    Brexit
    Identity trumps economics

    Support for Brexit came mainly from disadvantaged parts of England, writes Matthew Goodwin

  • Friday, 3 June, 2016
    Brexit
    Referendum Countdown: Narrow margins and event envy

    Which side is playing the better ground game with polls close?

  • Friday, 13 November, 2015
    UK politics & policy
    Ukip loses 7,000 members since election

    Party braced for more revelations about conflict at the top

  • Tuesday, 31 March, 2015
    UK Election: The Ukip surge
    First elected Ukip MP seeks second win

    Clacton’s Douglas Carswell hears mix of local and national concerns on doorsteps

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    ReviewBooks
    Best books of 2014: Politics

    A round-up of the titles to remember

  • Sunday, 12 October, 2014
    UK politics & policy
    Study fuels talk of more Tory defections

    Switch to Ukip would make electoral sense for at least four Conservative MPs

  • Wednesday, 19 March, 2014
    UK Budget
    Osborne attempts to win back older voters
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