Read about the work of the pioneering political scientist David Butler. He revolutionised the analysis of British elections through the use of swing and the Nuffield election studies.

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Will it be ‘the economy, stupid’ in 2015?

Quite how traumatic the events of Black Wednesday were to the Conservative Party’s reputation are easy to overlook nearly twenty-five years on, but until then the century had seen four full-scale financial crises rocking the country’s economy – and every one had taken place under a Labour government. … Read the full post »