This Week in Political History: From the Iron Curtain to Alabama
In terms of domestic political history, the beginning of March has tended to be a fairly quiet time. For that reaso...
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General Election 2015: How Miliband can lose, yet still have a great chance to become PM
With polls showing a virtual dead-heat, forming the next government will be anything but straightforward. The ability to do deals...
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This Week In Political History: Two elections in one year
This week sees the anniversaries of two close general elections. The first was in 1950, when Labour won a small majority, while t...
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General Election 2015: The electoral system remains biased towards Labour.
The General Election markets remain pro-Tory but, as Mike Smithson explains, David Cameron's party have an arithmetic mountain to...
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PMQs Review: Miliband wins well over MPs second jobs
With another cash for access scandal damaging Westminster's reputation, the party leaders clashed over MPs' second jobs at PMQs....
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General Election 2015: Are the Tories enjoying the "incumbency effect"?
Big name MPs from both sides of the Commons divide have been implicated in a new scandal. However, the latest developments in the...
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This Week In Political History: Ponting resigns and Labour ban hunting
In his second look back at this week in political history, Max Liu discusses Clive Ponting's resignation and New Labour's ban on...
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General Election: Which of Clegg, Farage and Salmond will be MPs after the election?
Mike Smithson runs his expert eye over one of Betfair's most interesting speciality markets, concerning the fate of three of the...
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General Election 2015: Why online voting would be a step forward for politics
If Speaker John Bercow has his way, we will be able to log online and cast our vote in the 2020 General Election. Neil Monnery ex...
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General Election Betting: Tory surge halted as parties clash
The General Election campaign has been ignited as Labour and the Conservatives engage in their most hostile exchanges for years....
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This Week In Political History: Margaret Thatcher elected Conservative leader
This week sees the anniversaries of two significant political events of the 1970s. Both are connected and worth considering becau...