Labour leaders Jeremy Corbyn and Carywn Jones.
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Aneurin Bevan is reputed to have said that for a Welshman to vote Tory would be ‘an act of naked treachery to his country’ – an attitude that may have served in Welsh Labour’s favour.
Theresa May’s gamble on calling an early election has not paid off.
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The stunning UK election result – a hung parliament – may be another sign of the rise of ‘anti-politics’, particularly among the young.
Corbyn may not have won enough seats to take over Parliament, but he dealt May a serious blow nonetheless.
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UK voters delivered a devastating blow to the prime minister, who combined a populist message with her party’s traditional economic policies. She may now face a power struggle.
Feel the Earth move.
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In bringing out the youth vote, Labour has changed the rules of the game. Where next is anyone’s guess.
Who knows?
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June 9, 2017
James Tilley , University of Oxford ; Ben Williams , University of Salford ; Daniel Fitzpatrick , Aston University ; John Garry , Queen's University Belfast ; Kathryn Simpson , Manchester Metropolitan University ; Laura McAllister , Cardiff University ; Matthew Cole , University of Birmingham ; Michael Kitson , Cambridge Judge Business School ; Neil Matthews , University of Bristol ; Parveen Akhtar , Aston University ; Richard Murphy , City, University of London ; Robin Pettitt , Kingston University ; Stuart Wilks-Heeg , University of Liverpool , and William McDougall , Glasgow Caledonian University
Rolling coverage of the general election results from expert academics.
Who will be the UK’s next prime minister: incumbent Theresa May or Labour challenger Jeremy Corbyn?
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Terrorism, Brexit, Scottish independence: there is a lot going on in the UK election, and the landslide once predicted for the Conservatives is no longer a safe bet.
How each U.K. party leader would drive Brexit is the key issue on voters’ minds.
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While security concerns have punctuated the campaign’s closing days, Brexit remains the most important issue on voters’ minds. How the EU exit is managed will matter a great deal to US interests.
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Keeping companies in the UK will be a huge task for whoever ends up in Downing Street.
There’s principles, and then there’s policy.
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The way Corbyn’s Labour has handled Trident and defence is perfectly in line with Labour’s history since the 1960s.
uhh, ummm, golly, ermmm, is it 8th June? 9th? Pass?
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A specialist rates the two leaders as they navigate journalistic grillings on the campaign trail.
Never the twain…
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Is this why we are in an age of intergenerational conflict?
What is Westminster doing to MPs’ wellbeing?
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Workplaces stresses and the weight of great expectations take a toll on well-being.
Floral tributes near an an anti-Islamic State poster near Borough market, London.
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National security is a more complex issue in the UK these days, after a decade and a half of unpopular wars and years punctuated by regular, deadly terrorist attacks.
Quite a surprising result for this man.
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With just a week until the vote, the polling agency has thrown a cat among the pigeons. Here’s how to understand the poll everyone is talking about.
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She faced criticism for not taking part in the BBC head-to-head, but the PM would have struggled had she done another late U-turn.
May takes the stage.
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May has clearly been extensively trained in hand gestures. Corbyn, not so much.
Ever get that feeling you’re being watched? Corbyn with Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness, 1995.
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The security services have had eyes on many Labour MPs over the years.
Sinking into the background?
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The left wing of the party is starting to see that the leader may need to be sacrificed in order for his legacy to survive.
Theresa May works on her credentials on a trip to India.
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Jeremy Corbyn fails to appeal to this key demographic for a number of important reasons.
A closer look insider.
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What the Labour Party manifesto says about tax and spending – and whether or not it is viable.