Doctoral Researcher, University of Nottingham
I am currently a PhD student at the University of Nottingham within the Politics and International Relations Department. My thesis focuses on the nature of congruence between British MPs, their constituents and their Party leadership during the 2016 EU Referendum and issues of democracy and representation that arise from this.
More generally, I am interested in representation and democratic reform in Westminster parliamentary systems, primarily those of the U.K. and Canada.
UK general election: when and how could it happen?
Sep 06, 2019 07:51 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Despite repeatedly insisting he didnt want a general election, Johnson has now tried and failed to get parliament to support one. It now looks like hell try again or seek a vote by some other route. Having lost his...
No-deal Brexit: does latest parliamentary vote make it less likely?
Jul 21, 2019 11:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
MPs voted on July 18 to back an attempt to stop the UK government from shutting down parliament to push through a no-deal Brexit in late October. Four cabinet ministers abstained and 17 Conservative MPs rebelled over...
Jun 21, 2019 01:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The final two contenders for the leadership of the Conservative Party, and therefore the UK, are now known. Boris Johnson will go up against Jeremy Hunt in a vote to be held among the Conservative Partys 160,000...
European elections guide: how to vote if you support Brexit
May 20, 2019 22:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The European Elections werent supposed to involve the UK. But the UK is still a member of the EU, having failed to agree a Brexit deal, so it is obliged to hold elections for the European Parliament. Excluding the...
Brexit: Theresa May survives confidence vote, but Brussels is in charge now
Jan 20, 2019 09:29 am UTC| Insights & Views
Just 24 hours after suffering a historic defeat in parliament over her Brexit deal, the prime minister has survived a vote of no confidence in her government thanks to the support of her backbench MPs. Up until this...
Boris Johnson's 'leadership speech': how to understand what he was really up to at party conference
Oct 04, 2018 15:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
After months spent criticising the government and even launching personal attacks, former foreign secretary Boris Johnson appeared to confirm his leadership intentions with a wide ranging, party-leadership style speech at...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight