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Brexit and the 2019 General Election
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2022 The article examines two different interpretations of the British general election in 2019. One claims that electoral behaviour was largely driven by views about whether the UK should deliver on the vote of the 2016 referendum to leave the EU.
Dennis Kavanagh
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Why wolves walk – drivers of daily movement in a social large carnivore
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Animal movement patterns are influenced by a range of extrinsic and intrinsic factors, including the distribution of resources, human disturbance, landscape connectivity, species interactions, and individual traits. We examined factors associated with daily movement distance (DMD) and linearity in 20 territorial Scandinavian wolves Canis lupus during ...
Julia Björk +4 more
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Wildlife Letters, EarlyView.We used automated behavioral response systems (ABRs) to assess invasive wild pig (Sus scrofa) behavioral response to four auditory playbacks: humans, coyote vocalizations (Canis latrans), pigs in distress, and barred owl (Strix varia) calls. Wild pigs had a significant flight response to human playbacks, but 68% of pigs did not flee.
Justine L. Smith +2 more
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Communicating COVID-19: Accountability and ‘British Common Sense’
Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines, 2023 In this paper, we conduct a discursive psychological analysis of coronavirus briefings where the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, mentions ‘common sense’ as means to instruct British people how to behave during the pandemic.
Shani Burke, Mirko A. Demasi
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Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Ecosystem services provide essential benefits to human survival and well‐being. Animal behaviour is central to the delivery of many ecosystem services, yet we know little about how behaviour drives services' provision.
Martha Fox +2 more
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A new agreement between the UK and the EU: who won? [PDF]
Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН, 2019 The article analyzes the updated agreement on the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU, as well as the concessions that the parties made to achieve it. The possibility of revising the agreement was not provided for by EU leaders for a long time, however ...
Liudmila Babynina
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The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 189-198, January/March 2025.Abstract The Labour manifesto in this year's election implied a radical restructuring of the UK state, the way in which England is governed and in relations across the United Kingdom. The aim of making English devolution the ‘default option’ is set against fifty years of unsuccessful and partial devolution initiatives which have failed to reverse the ...
John Denham, Janice Morphet
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The Human Rights Act 1998: No Future?
Revue LISAThis contribution focuses on the threats weighing on the Human Rights Act 1998 under the Conservative government of Boris Johnson, in light of previous criticisms coming from political actors and growing questioning from the judiciary.
Peggy Ducoulombier
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The First Steps of Boris Johnson’s Second Government [PDF]
Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН, 2019 Due to the majority electoral system the Conservative party has won the UK snap elections on December 12, 2019 with a landslide victory since the Bremainers’ vote was divided.
Elena Ananieva
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Playing the System: Electoral Bias in the 2024 UK General Election
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 65-73, January/March 2025.Abstract The UK's 2024 general election was the least proportional of modern times. Labour's substantial parliamentary majority rested on the smallest ever winning party vote share. The Conservatives, meanwhile, suffered one of their worst ever results.
Charles Pattie, David Cutts
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