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Is he frit? Nigel Farage and the Newark By-election

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Andrew Defty

When Margaret Thatcher taunted the then Labour leader, Michael Foot, that he was ‘frightened, frit’ by the prospect of a general election in 1983, Labour went on to suffer their worst general election result since 1935.The Conservative Party will be … Continue reading →

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The price of democracy

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Andrew Defty

Interesting piece of research on the BBC News website about the cost of running elections in the UK. This is by no means a straightforward calculation. Related to this, I wrote this blogpost on the University’s Experts’ Blog last year in which … Continue reading →

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