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Articles on Conservative Party conference 2023

October 4, 2023

Rishi Sunak packages U‑turns as challenges to consensus politics – an improbable effort to rebrand as the candidate for change

Mark Bennister, University of Lincoln

A prime minister who has been an MP for nearly a decade now wants to challenge 30 years of ‘vested interests’.

October 2, 2023

Alex Prior, London South Bank University and Clara Eroukhmanoff, London South Bank University

The prime minister has acknowledged that a narrative of national decline is setting in – but he has been unable to disentangle himself from it.

October 2, 2023

Paul Whiteley, University of Essex

The pressure to ‘have a good conference’ is immense for a party hoping to win an election. But the anxiety isn’t really evidence-based.

Paul Whiteley
Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
Alex Prior
Lecturer in Politics with International Relations, London South Bank University
Clara Eroukhmanoff
Senior Lecturer in International Relations, London South Bank University
Mark Bennister
Visiting Reader, Queen Mary University of London