The far-right Rassemblement National party was pushed into third place in the second round of the French legislatives elections.
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Tim Bale and Safia Dahani discuss the French and UK election results on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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Arguments for electoral reform in the UK just got stronger with a low Labour vote delivering a massively disproportionate number of seats.
Follow along with The Conversation’s coverage of the general election results.
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Tactical voting is a unique feature of the UK’s first past the post voting system.
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Farage may be setting the scene for complaints of election rigging when the results come in.
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Its golden age as a seaside town may be over, but left behind places like Clacton are not lacking in pride.
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The Conservatives campaigned against changing the voting system in 2011, but it could have saved them from a potential wipeout at this election.
Some potholes are deep and cause problems for cyclists.
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Will Labour’s pothole politics provide the meaningful infrastructure investment desperately needed in Britain?
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Farage and the Mail were previously close ideological bedfellows.
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Britain’s centre left has been divided since the end of the first world war – now it is the centre right that has been split.
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, at the party’s economic policy launch on June 10 2024.
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Winning just a few seats would mean Reform would qualify for ‘short money’ – public funding for its operations – and would no longer have to rely on its own small donations pool.
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Boundary changes are making this election difficult to map, so we turned to the census.
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Making a ‘boring’ campaign more exciting, or just distracting from the issues that matter most?
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Data from Ukip’s performance in 2017 shows that once a certain tipping point is passed, Reform is indeed a significant threat to the Tories.
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The prime minister attempted to play the populist and ended up playing into the hands of Nigel Farage.
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Research from political science shows that rightwing voters respond to narratives that harken back to a better time.
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The Tories have 346 seats and could lose more than half of those. Labour is aiming for huge gains, the SNP is fighting for relevance – and the Lib Dems are hoping to become the third party again.
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Whether true or not, the UK’s political parties have failed to quash the perception that they prioritise cities.
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In an uncertain world our natural instinct is to seek out answers that reassure, even when they don’t make sense.
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The Brexit Party has become Reform UK. What are they up to now?