U.K. Conservatives are in trouble if they can’t choose a leader quickly Georgia Kernell - October 23, 2022 Conservative members of Parliament don’t want the ‘mad swivel-eyed loons’ deciding who replaces Liz Truss as party leader
Who chooses Boris Johnson’s replacement? Check the party rules. Georgia Kernell - July 12, 2022 When party activists have too much say, they can hurt the party’s chances of winning a general election
Northern Ireland’s borders are stirring up trouble again Dermot Hodson - November 18, 2021 Why is Boris Johnson threatening to scrap the agreement that he negotiated?
Trudeau sort of won Canada’s election. But a new alt-right party got exactly what it wanted. Tyler Kustra - September 21, 2021 Four takeaways from the Canadian election
Canada’s prime minister called for early elections. Will this gamble pay off? Tyler Kustra - August 20, 2021 Opposition parties might not have the votes to stop a Liberal Party majority this time
HBO’s new show explores HIV in the 1980s. 40 years later, stigma and prejudice are still going strong. Gabriele Magni and Andrew Reynolds - February 18, 2021 Our research examines why so few people with HIV hold public office.
Britain has just admitted that it’s breaking its word on Brexit Henry Farrell - September 7, 2020 A U.K. government minister says the U.K. will “break international law, in a very specific and limited way."
After 3 years, Northern Ireland’s legislators have finally gone back to work. What happened? Kimberly Cowell-Meyers and Carolyn Gallaher - January 17, 2020 Here’s what brought Sinn Fein and the Unionists back together — and what could tear them apart again.
Boris Johnson’s campaign rhetoric reveals why there’s a constitutional crisis over Brexit Julia Rone - December 3, 2019 The nation is split over who should rule, the people or Parliament.
Brexit shows how a tiny party can have big consequences Tim Bale - December 2, 2019 Nigel Farage’s pro-Brexit parties forced the much bigger Conservative Party to live up to its rhetoric