Are third-party candidates spoilers? What voting data reveal
Jan 19, 2017 12:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Green Party candidate Jill Stein does not see herself as a spoiler in the 2016 presidential race. Her voters, Stein claims, would not have come to the polls had she not been in the race. But what if Stein were wrong...
How to read Theresa May's Brexit speech
Jan 18, 2017 13:32 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Almost seven months after the vote to leave the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May has finally given some much needed clarity on how Brexit will happen. Or has she? May cast an optimistic tone on the vote to...
How the City of London is preparing for a hard Brexit
Jan 18, 2017 13:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Politics
Theresa May has made clear that the UK governments Brexit strategy is to leave the single market and customs union. It ends months of speculation over whether or not it will be a hard or soft Brexit. The one audience...
Five ways the media hurts female politicians -- and how journalists everywhere can do better
Jan 18, 2017 13:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
What do we see when we look closely at media coverage of female politicians and political candidates? Headlines from Hillary Clintons presidential campaign are indicative of the sexism and stereotypes that dominating...
Theresa May confirms it'll be a hard Brexit – here's what that means for UK trade
Jan 18, 2017 02:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy
Today, Theresa May confirmed that the UK government intends to leave the EUs single market and customs union. The consequences of this decision from a trade perspective should not be underestimated. The single market...
Trumpus Andronicus? What the Byzantine Empire can tell us about the rise of populist leaders
Jan 18, 2017 02:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The approaching Donald Trump presidency has taken quite a battering from historians. Comparisons have abounded with the 20th centurys greatest villains, including Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, even if some have...
Liberal or conservative? Most of our beliefs shift around
Jan 18, 2017 00:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
One common reaction to the election of Donald Trump (and perhaps to a lesser extent, the Brexit vote) among liberals like me is an expression of dismay that some of our fellow citizens are more racist and more sexist than...