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Oct 14, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Laura Hood |Mark Garnett |Martin Farr |Tim Bale
When Tony Blair came to power in 1997 as the first Labour prime minister in a generation, his government became associated with the phrase “we’re all middle class now”. In the second part of Know Your Place: what happened to class in British politics, a podcast series from The Conversation Documentaries, we look back at a century of class in British politics to understand why Blair’s decision to move Labour away from the working class was such a watershed moment.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Mark Garnett
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Mark Garnett
Hope, it seems, springs eternal in Tory breasts. No matter how disastrous the outlook might appear for their party, members can always cheer themselves up by exercising their right to choose new leaders, in the full knowledge that within months they will be plotting against them for not being “conservative” enough. This time around, morale was boosted even more because a crucial stage in the usual post-disaster leadership battle coincided with the party’s annual conference.
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Jul 6, 2024 | 
northwestbylines.co.uk | Mark Garnett
Mark Garnett, Lancaster UniversityThe Conservative Party, which was finally pronounced dead from multiple unnatural causes on July 5 2024, was born in 1832. It was the product of an alliance between the Tory party (established in the 1680s) and members of the rival Whig party. Both wanted to defend the existing political and social order against the advocates of radical reform. Strange as it might now appear, the party was once very popular and respected, even by its opponents.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Mark Garnett
The Conservative Party, which was finally pronounced dead from multiple unnatural causes on July 5 2024, was born in 1832. It was the product of an alliance between the Tory party (established in the 1680s) and members of the rival Whig party. Both wanted to defend the existing political and social order against the advocates of radical reform. Strange as it might now appear, the party was once very popular and respected, even by its opponents.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Avery Anapol |Grace Allen |Laura Hood |Francesco Rigoli |Huw D Lewis |Lone Sorensen | +7 more
Labour has won the UK general election and is expected to achieve a landslide of around 400 seats in parliament, leaving the Conservatives on little more than 100 and Wales and the SNP set to have fewer than 10. The Liberal Democrats have won at least 60 seats and the Greens have won at least four, as have Reform which has also come second in many races. Here you’ll find expert reaction to results as they continue to come in.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Mark Garnett
The Conservative Party, which was finally pronounced dead from multiple unnatural causes on July 5 2024, was born in 1832. It was the product of an alliance between the Tory party (established in the 1680s) and members of the rival Whig party. Both wanted to defend the existing political and social order against the advocates of radical reform. Strange as it might now appear, the party was once very popular and respected, even by its opponents.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Avery Anapol |Grace Allen |Laura Hood |Francesco Rigoli |Huw D Lewis |Lone Sorensen | +6 more
Labour has won the general election and is expected achieve a landslide of around 400 seats in parliament, having already taken over 100 seats from the Conservatives in England and Wales and many from the SNP in Scotland. The Liberal Democrats have won at least 50 seats and the Greens have won at least four, as have Reform which has also come second in many races. Here you’ll find expert reaction to results as they continue to come in.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Mark Garnett
As it turned out, after stealing the limelight on the day, the man most notable by his absence at the first leaders’ TV debate of the 2024 election campaign was never even mentioned by name. Only in his closing statement did the prime minister find it necessary to aim an indirect blow at Nigel Farage, telling his ITV audience that a vote for any party other than the Conservatives would amount to a vote for Labour.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Mark Garnett
As it turned out, after stealing the limelight on the day, the man most notable by his absence at the first leaders’ TV debate of the 2024 election campaign was never even mentioned by name. Only in his closing statement did the prime minister find it necessary to aim an indirect blow at Nigel Farage, telling his ITV audience that a vote for any party other than the Conservatives would amount to a vote for Labour.
