General Election – The World of Edrith

GuestBlog: ‘Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold’: Where next for the Liberal Democrats?

Jack Nicholls was once very nearly a political academic, but is now another thing. He considers himself an egalitarian liberal and Euro-pragmatist. He's gotten used to the wilderness now. All…

Posted on January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 by Edrith

Guestblog: The problem with the Labour Party (by Stephen Burgess)

Stephen Burgess is an academic scientist. Politically speaking, he self-identifies as left-of-centre, although he typically feels to the right-of-centre amongst other academics. He grew up with a pathological hatred of…

Posted on December 23, 2019December 23, 2019 by Edrith

Age and wealth effects

When thinking about how voting patterns differ with age, people distinguish between three types of effect: Age effects: The effect is a factor of the person's age. For example, maybe…

Posted on December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 by Edrith

It’s Brexit or Corbyn

Some of my friends reading this are fully commited You know who you're voting for - and this post isn't for you. Others will have voted to leave the EU.…

Posted on December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 by Edrith

Why now, not then?

There's a good question I've been asked a few times over the last week, usually by people who don't usually vote Conservative but may be considering voting for Boris next…

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Edrith

Ten positive reasons to vote Conservative

With the general election just over a month away, here are ten positive reasons to vote for the Conservative Party. 1. We'll get Brexit done. We'll leave with the good…

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