Coronavirus blame games – Who really benefits?
Politicians have a tendency to dodge accountability after crises, but our ‘gotcha’ culture makes that inevitable. We can all do better this time. [Read now...]
- PMP Magazine Contributor.
Professor Matthew Flinders
- 9 articles in PMP Magazine
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Professor of Parliamentary Government & Governance, University of Sheffield. Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics, University of Sheffield.
How Boris Johnson’s Conservatives swept to election victory in Labour heartlands.
The general election 2019 has delivered a seismic shift in the balance of British politics. [Read now...]
This is what populism looks like when done by the British.
Both main campaigns are focusing on the enemy, not the plan, in part, because the British political system hasn’t caught up with societal changes. [Read now...]
Boris Johnson could be more in control than he seems.
The humiliation of asking for a Brexit extension could be a price worth paying to get an election. [Read now...]
Brexit: How Boris Johnson could turn Supreme Court defeat into a victory.
His prorogation was ruled unlawful, but that won’t stop the prime minister playing the populist card. [Read now...]
John Bercow bows out — A speaker who defended parliament and transformed the role.
A strong speaker is never going to win friends. Bercow had a different goal. [Read now...]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson — The jester will take the throne.
Parliamentarians and party members have held their noses and voted in a man deeply unsuited to lead. Now the British public must live with their choice. [Read now...]
