Leaks in the press about the prime minister’s preferred candidates for two of the most senior roles in British broadcasting are a deliberate and dangerous tactic.
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After a some coronavirus respite over the summer, Britain is contemplating a second national lockdown. This comes as Australia and the UK need each other more than they have for decades.
The prime minister was slow to take this crisis seriously and delegates at every opportunity.
Here’s what you need to know about the UK’s new coronavirus rules – and what else might be needed.
As the rule of six comes into force, some sectors of the media are already calling for it to be abolished.
Whether it’s bluster or not, a dangerous message has been sent to the rest of the world that the UK may be willing to backtrack on important promises.
Northern Ireland minister Brandon Lewis doesn’t seem to care that the UK would be breaking the law by rewriting the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
Trade deals are usually about breaking down barriers. This one is about putting them up.
Abbott has little experience on trade but he packs a symbolic punch.
Chief adviser Dominic Cummings doesn’t have much time for the civil service, preferring political appointees instead.
The woeful record of populist governments in dealing with COVID-19 is unlikely to convince voters New Zealand should emulate them.
A government agency makes a convenient scapegoat for a minister out of his depth.
History shows that governing parties lose support when jobs are lost.
The power vacuum in world leadership means New Zealand and other small states will have to create a new rules-based international order.
The government’s decision to televise daily briefings from Downing Street may not be as much of a commitment to transparency as it’s claimed to be.
The absence of trust in a nation’s leader and government jeopardizes an effective response to a health crisis. It also creates a political crisis, a loss of faith in democracy.
Boris Johnson has called cricket balls a ‘natural vector of disease’, but how would we find the evidence to know if he is correct?
Germany, New Zealand and Taiwan share a common trait beyond having women in the top job.
The prime minister has sought to shed his joker image to become a serious leader, but has ended up with a curious hybrid that works for no one.
Time and again, the British prime minister has sought to go his own way. But was this really a ‘world beating’ strategy?
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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125th Anniversary Chair and Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the University of Birmingham, University of Sheffield
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Ashbel Smith Professor, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas
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Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Essex
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University of Nottingham
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Professor of British Politics, University of Leeds
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Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University
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Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London
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