The protests on Tuesday against U.S. President Donald Trump during his first state visit to the United Kingdom should not surprise anyone, given Britons’ low approval ratings of U.S. leadership during his last visit in 2018. At that time, barely more than one in four Britons (26%) approved of the […] Read more »
Are The Nationalist Victories Around The World Connected?
A string of recent elections around the world have produced seemingly similar results: nationalist and populist parties, generally on the right, keep getting elected. But is it fair to connect political events in places as varied as Australia, India, the Philippines and the European Union? In this episode of the […] Read more »
Election results reveal Britain’s deepening polarisation over Brexit
Nearly three years after the UK voted by a narrow majority to leave the EU, the Brexit Party – formed just six weeks ago – topped the polls in the UK’s elections to the European Parliament, providing a further signal of Britain’s deepening polarisation over the issue of Brexit. CONT. […] Read more »
Nigel Farage triumphs: survey reveals what drove voters to the Brexit Party in the European elections
Paul Whiteley, University of Essex The European elections were a triumph for Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party, which took 32% of the vote. The night was a real success for the Liberal Democrats and Greens as well, very disappointing for Labour and the Change UK party and a disaster for the […] Read more »
Observer Opinium Poll: Tories in for a Brexit party trouncing, while Remainers abandon Labour
More voters now say they would back the Brexit party at the next general election than the Conservatives, according to the latest Opinium poll for the Observer. Nigel Farage’s party increased its support by three points to 24% of the vote, leapfrogging the Tories and trailing Labour by just five […] Read more »
Polls reveal surge in concern in UK about climate change
Climate change has been unusually prominent in the UK media over recent weeks – and this is mirrored by a noticeable increase in climate “concern” in the polls. From 15-25 April, climate change was high on the news agenda in response to the Extinction Rebellion protests in London, a major […] Read more »