On Tuesday’s 100-days-to-go mark for the general election, UKIP published a list of ‘100 great reasons‘ to vote for them. Quite aside from the framing issues here – they’re not described as policies, for example – it’s also interesting to see where the party’s emphasis lies. With this in mind, I’ve made a small breakdown […]
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The past couple of weeks have been a bit of a whirl, with events in Washington DC and Tbilisi. Quite aside for the content of the events themselves, the trips have been really interesting for me, to consider how countries articulate their identities and places in the world. Georgia isn’t the USA, but they do […]
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Another short post, as I’m off to Tbilisi today for a meeting of our INOTLES teaching project. This week’s interesting news has been the change-over in the UKIP policy team, with Tim Aker moving on. Reputedly because of delays in the production of the party manifesto, Aker’s departure is newsworthy for two key reasons. Firstly, […]
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Only a short post from me this week, as I’m about to head to the airport, to go the world’s largest gathering of Politics educators, the American Political Science Association’s Teaching & Learning Conference, being held in the fine city of Washington DC. As well as lots of Americans, there is always a good contingent […]
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January is always a maudlin month: short days, poor weather and the delights of the break behind one. But this January is shaping up to be particular unpleasant for Europe. From the looming Greek elections to the pegida demonstrations in Germany, eurozone deflation and the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France. From all of these things […]
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This morning’s paper carried a story that first broke on Newsnight about UKIP’s decision to form a European party, the Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe. Much of the coverage has made a point of highlighting the reversal of position by the party since 2011, when there was an extensive internal consultation and vote by […]
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