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Victoria Honeyman

Lecturer in British Politics, University of Leeds

Since completing my PhD here at the University of Leeds in 2005, I have taught on a wide range of modules. My primary specialism is British Politics, with a particular specialism in British foreign policy. I have written extensively on the foreign policy objectives of both the Conservative and Labour Parties. I am also the BISA Foreign Policy Working Group Convenor. My PhD was a critical biography of the Labour MP Richard Crossman and was published in 2007.

I am module leader for the third year module British Foreign Policy and the first year British Politics module. I also teach on the second year modules Approaches to Political Science and British Central Government. I have previously run the third year Britain and the EU module and the Political Corruption module. In addition to working in POLIS I have also taught in the School of History and worked at the University of Salford for several years running their second year Labour Party History module.

Much of my current research is focused on British Foreign Policy. I have recently published an article entitled ‘Liberal Interventionism to Liberal Conservatism; the short road in foreign policy from Blair to Cameron’ in British Politics journal. I also organised a conference entitled ‘Britain and the Wider World’, held at the University of Leeds in July 2015, focusing on the importance of personal relationship in bi-lateral foreign policy. The papers from this conference will become a journal special edition.

I am also working on an article on Conservative foreign policy under Hague, Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Howard and am planning to begin writing in the near future on Britain’s development aid programme.

US Election Series

Briferendum Aftermath Series

Trump and Brexit: the rise of the right or a political coincidence?

Nov 16, 2016 11:16 am UTC| Insights & Views

When Donald Trump promised that his election would be Brexit plus plus plus, many of us took him at his word. Britains Brexit vote had been momentous, and unsettling for politicians of most stripes, not simply because of...

Briferendum Aftermath Series

The uncharismatic Brexiteer: Gove brings vision in a confident pitch to be PM

Jul 03, 2016 02:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

On Wednesday, very few people expected Michael Gove would be making his pitch to be Conservative Party leader on Friday morning. But in the Machiavellian twists and turns of post-Brexit politics, Goves actions have been...

Briferendum Series

Brexit resignation: why British PM David Cameron had to go

Jun 24, 2016 09:58 am UTC| Insights & Views

David Cameron has resigned as British Prime Minister, shortly after it was announced that his country had voted to leave the European Union. Emerging from Downing Street at around 8.30am, Cameron said that he would stay on...

Panama Papers Series

Briferendum Series

David Cameron's Panama nightmare cuts to the core of his image problem – as EU referendum looms

Apr 08, 2016 16:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views

What a long week its been for David Cameron. And as with so many political crises, when this one began, it apparently had little to do with him at all. While the super-rich have long been criticised for creatively...

Fiery budget response from Corbyn – but what's his alternative?

Mar 17, 2016 00:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

It is a difficult job for any opposition leader to respond to the governments budget statement. Because of secrecy rules, the opposition is never entirely sure what will be in the budget. As the chancellor delivers his...

Economy

IMF Maintains 2027 Global Growth Forecast at 3.4% Amid Rising Risks

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) maintained its 2027 global economic growth forecast at 3.4%, warning that escalating Middle East tensions, rising government debt and persistent inflation could threaten the global...

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The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) expects the Philippines current account deficit to reach $19.1 billion in 2026, equivalent to 3.8% of the countrys gross domestic product (GDP), according to projections announced by...

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Politics

US Condemns China Sanctions on Taiwan Allies Belize and Paraguay

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Science

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Technology

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