Red Ed’s Manifesto? Professor Steven Fielding looks at Labour’s manifesto
April 13, 2015
Political manifestoes are infamously fallible guides as to what a party will actually do if it wins office. That is especially true in these uncertain times when policies might have to be traded away as the price of forming a coalition government. But a manifesto can still tell us something about what a party stands …
Is Nick Clegg a hero? read Professor Steven Fielding’s review of the Channel 4 drama – The Coalition
March 30, 2015
During the week in which the election 2015 campaign really kicks off, Steven Fielding, Professor of of Political History, looks at the Channel 4 television drama by James Graham, which aired on Saturday 28 March. ‘The Coalition’ focuses on the five frenetic days between the 2010 election result and the formation ofBritain’s first post-war coalition …
And the winner is…? Just exactly who came out fighting in the first televised election battle – Professor Steven Fielding gives his views
March 27, 2015
In one corner, the old school pro, whose reputation precedes them and who can do no more than repeat their long-established, hammy, act. In the other, a plucky outsider many ridicule for being amateurish and simply not up to the job. But enough of Jeremy Paxman and Kay Burley, who hosted The Battle for Number …
Is the sun really starting to shine? Professor Wyn Morgan from The School of Economics looks at last week’s budget.
March 24, 2015
There is always something of a different feel about the build up to a pre-election budget. Where does the economics end and the politics begin and indeed is there any economics in it at all? Given the recent era of austerity, last week’s budget was perhaps even more eagerly anticipated than others but ultimately from …
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