Two-speed liberalisation: LDN #143
This time I’m taking a look at the long-term forces which are driving our politics, including the paradox at the heart of culture wars. … Read the full post »
Matthew Goodwin
Read about the work of the political scientist Professor Matthew Goodwin, from the University of Kent. He first made his name studying the BNP and Ukip.
How could the general election go wrong for the Liberal Democrats?
Having done my post about how the election could go badly wrong for the Conservatives, what about Labour and the Liberal Democrats? … Read the full post »
Six possible Parliamentary by-elections in the offing
Here are six Parliamentary by-elections which may happen in the next few months, even leaving aside what the police may do over those Conservative election expenses. … Read the full post »
This footnote of course in no way biased my view of ‘Ukip: inside the campaign’
Take a look at this footnote from Matthew Goodwin and Caitlin Milazzo’s excellent Ukip: inside the campaign to redraw the map of British politics. … Read the full post »
UKIP: inside the campaign to redraw the map of British politics
Ukip: inside the campaign by Goodwin and Milazzo is a must read for people wanting to understand the modern state of British politics. … Read the full post »
The five Labour seats most under threat from UKIP
Matthew Goodwin, one of the co-authors of the excellent Revolt on the Right (see more and buy it here), has put together a list of the five Labour seats which are most under threat from UKIP at the 2015 general election in his view. … Read the full post »
Revolt on the Right by Robert Ford and Matthew Goodwin
One of the political debates over UKIP is the question of whether it is primarily taking its support from disgruntled Conservatives or not. Revolt on the Right is an important, and conclusive, contribution to that debate. … Read the full post »
Ukip is the most working-class-dominated party since Michael Foot’s Labour in 1983
That Ukip’s core voters are middle-class Tories animated by the single-issue of Europe is the biggest myth in Westminster. … Read the full post »
Who joins the BNP and who votes BNP?
Matthew Goodwin’s book New British Fascism: Rise of the British National Party, expands on one of his previous works on political extremism to this time look in-depth at just the BNP. … Read the full post »
Book review: The new extremism in 21st century Britain
A handy reference work for anyone trying to draw up practical policies or campaign tactics … Read the full post »