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Nov 19, 2024 | 
ukandeu.ac.uk | Zain Mohyuddin |Alex Walker
Zain Mohyuddin uses data from a large survey of ethnic minorities’ values and attitudes to unpack Conservative support among Chinese and Hindu voters. One of the few bright spots for the Conservatives in the 2024 general election was their strong showing among British Hindu and British Chinese voters.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
ukandeu.ac.uk | Zain Mohyuddin |Alex Walker
Zain Mohyuddin uses data from a large survey of ethnic minorities’ values and attitudes to evaluate the three most often cited explanations for why ethnic minorities overwhelmingly support Labour. Labour’s 2024 election win came despite a collapse in support among Muslim voters – a group which traditionally has been highly loyal. Labour’s share of the Muslim vote fell from 80% in 2019 to just over 60% in 2024.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
ukandeu.ac.uk | Joël Reland |Alex Walker
With reports that Trump may seek to pull the UK away from the EU’s regulatory orbit, Joël Reland sets out the obstacles to this agenda. Drawing on the forthcoming edition of the UKICE Divergence Tracker, he highlights that under the new Labour government a shift from divergence to alignment with the EU is in fact taking place.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
ukandeu.ac.uk | Richard Rose |Alex Walker
Richard Rose explores the implications of Donald Trump’s victory in the US election for UK defence and security. The unambiguous victory of Donald Trump does more than disrupt American politics. It also disrupts the special relationship that British prime ministers have relied upon for almost a century become even more important since Brexit disrupted the UK’s relationship with Europe.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
ukandeu.ac.uk | Alex Walker
John Denham, Conor Gaughan, and Tim Oliver unpack polling for the British Academy exploring how English voters view the world and the country’s place within it. They highlight that whether someone voted Leave or Remain is still a good predictor of their wider view of the world. The 2016 EU referendum reflected voters’ different views of the UK’s relationship with Europe.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
ukandeu.ac.uk | Richard Whitman |Alex Walker
Richard Whitman explores the implications of Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election for UK foreign policy. US presidential elections are undoubtedly the most consequential overseas elections for UK foreign policy. And the election of Donald J.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
ukandeu.ac.uk | Alex Walker
Iain Docherty and Jon Shaw unpack what Rachel Reeves’ first budget meant for transport, arguing that Labour failed to tackle the issue of car dependence. Labour’s first budget in 14 years opened by explaining why increasing public investment to boost growth and support the labour market is so crucial to closing the gap with competitor countries. Improved transport is an essential component of this.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
ukandeu.ac.uk | Alex Walker
Monika Brusenbauch Meislová and Angelos Chryssogelos draw on a recent article to explore the ways in which some politicians in the US and the UK have used similar populist narratives about trade despite substantively different trade policies. The rise of populism has fundamentally reshaped global politics, and trade has been an indispensable part of this shift.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
ukandeu.ac.uk | Jill Rutter |Alex Walker
Jill Rutter reflects on the first budget delivered by a woman Chancellor, exploring whether this made any difference to the policies or approach. There are a variety of approaches to being a successful woman politician. There is what we might dub the Hillary Clinton approach – to revel in the precedent (or in her case hoped for precedent) of her success.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
ukandeu.ac.uk | Thiemo Fetzer |Alex Walker
Thiemo Fetzer highlights that the extent to which an area was hit by austerity is a better predictor of support for UKIP than levels of immigration. He suggests that the economic difficulties of these places were misattributed to immigration due to political and media narratives that took hold. To understand the origins of Brexit, we need to examine the political drivers behind the origins and developments leading to Brexit, which are deeply intertwined with the rise of UKIP.
