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    Blair’s jettisoning of the Labour Party’s Clause IV in 1995 marked his commitment to constructing an updated, left of centre, political consensus. His...

Paul Geyer   There is a burgeoning element of social media: subscription services. One might assume that Elon Musk’s announcement of “Twitter Blue” was the...

  Dr Mette Wiggen   It came as a surprise to many Scandinavians that the right wing extremist Rasmus Paludan was refused entry to Britain...

By Dr Alba Griffin and Dr Derek Edyvane ‘In Democracy We Trust’ was the theme of Notwestminster 2023, held in Huddersfield last month. With a...

By Temitayo Odeyemi and Boluwatife Ajibola Digital technologies are recolouring mobilisation patterns and the activities of election stakeholders as Nigeria prepares for the nationwide elections...

The Centre for Democratic Politics is delighted to welcome two new scholars to Leeds, Dr Eduardo Moreira da Silva and Dr Blagovesta Tacheva. Eduardo is...

  In this blogpost CDP member Dr Gillian Bolsover analyses the social media discourse surrounding the recent National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. The...

The UK’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has a big job ahead of him – and needs to distance himself from ‘damaging parts of Conservative...

In this blog post, CDE member Derek Edyvane writes on citizenship and democracy.  First a confession: I am not a good citizen. You can rely...