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Does the 2017 election show that the UK has a broken electoral system?
The Electoral Reform Society's report into this summer's General Election shows a system badly in need of an overhaul, says Ben Williams.
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How did Facebook likes help Labour at the ballot box?
The 2017 election saw a stronger than foreseen performance by the Labour Party. Matt Walsh explains how Labour’s Facebook success played out, heralding the party’s overall campaign performance. GE2017 was a numbers game: by achieving very high levels of organic reach, Labour managed to target undecided voters in marginal constituencies, energise...
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How did the election look from Europe?
Originally billed as the Brexit Election, how did the continent react as the results of it became clearer?
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What does the Queen's Speech tell us about the next two years?
Yesterday [June 21st] the Queen's Speech laid out the May government's plans for the next two years. In Ben Williams' view, it showed a wounded prime minister on the backfoot.
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How do you become British Prime Minister?
Rishi Sunak is the third Prime Minister of the UK since 2022. Ever fancied running the country? Dr Richard Heffernan has some advice on the mechanics of the political system.
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Why did the SNP lose seats in the 2017 General Election?
As Friday morning dawned, the SNP had lost two of its most senior MPs and 22 seats in total. OpenDemocracy's Laurie MacFarlane shares his personal view on what happened.
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How good were the pollster's predictions?
As politicians try to make sense of the results of the 2017 General Election, how well did the polls give us a guide to the final result? Leighton Vaughan Williams weighs the scores.
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What is a confidence and supply government?
One again, there's suggestions we might find ourselves with a confidence-and-supply government. What does that actually mean - and what does it mean for you? Here's what we thought during the 2015 election.
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May's lost her majority - so what happens now?
Andy Price takes a first stab at what might happen following the surprise result of yesterday's election
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Does maths offer a better model for multi-candidate elections?
First past the post - the tradition in UK general elections - isn't a great way to deliver the most agreeable result. Cristoph Borgers suggests we make it less of a horse race.
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General Election 2017: A collection
An extraordinary period in British political life, as seen by OpenLearn. Dig into our election coverage from the seven-week campaign nobody was expecting.
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