Parliamentary log-jam, unwilling backbenchers and Conservative preference for first-past-the-post make reform unlikely.
- Associate Professor in British Politics, University of Southampton
Britain is now in full general election countdown mode – and the polls indicate another hung parliament is the most likely outcome on May 7. Gus O’Donnell, the former cabinet secretary, recently reflected…
The vote, in the end, was decisive, with the Better Together campaign winning with 55% of ballots cast. As a Glaswegian living in Southampton, I’ve watched from afar, saddened not to be in my home nation…
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