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Abstract A record number of candidates contested parliamentary seats in the 2024 general election in the United Kingdom. This article discusses three key aspects that have garnered attention from both academics and practitioners studying the characteristics, motivations and experiences of candidates: gender representation, security concerns and local ...
Sofia Collignon, Wolfgang Rüdig
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Brexit and Uncertainty in Financial Markets
This paper applies long-memory techniques (both parametric and semi-parametric) to examine whether Brexit has led to any significant changes in the degree of persistence of the FTSE (Financial Times Stock Index) 100 Implied Volatility Index (IVI) and of ...
Guglielmo Maria Caporale+2 more
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The EU should prepare for all UK post-election scenarios. EPC Policy Brief, 6 December 2019 [PDF]
With the UK preparing to hold a general election on 12 December, the EU might be tempted to consider that since no progress on Brexit is likely to be made until then, it can temporarily turn its attention away from the UK to focus on other pressing ...
Brunner, Larissa
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Values in the Valence Election: Fragmentation and the 2024 General Election
Abstract The 2024 general election delivered a verdict on an unpopular Conservative government, a valence election where the key motivation was to remove a government seen as failing. But this is not a full account of the voting choices of the British public.
Paula Surridge
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Defending Truths, Restoring Worlds [PDF]
The post in post-truth is premature, and also assigns too much importance to Brexit and the victory of Donald Trump in the US. Worst of all, it can foster the impression that people like Brexit voters and Trump supporters are irredeemably exiled in ...
Welling, Bart H.
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Ethnic Minority Representation After the 2024 General Election: Does Ethnicity No Longer Matter?
Abstract With a new record of ethnic minority MPs elected in 2024, Westminster is nearly fully representative of voters of ethnic minority origins. This outcome was not entirely dependent on Labour's landslide, with pre‐election analyses showing that diversity of MPs would have improved with all possible election results.
Maria Sobolewska
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Why have there been so few protests against Brexit? [PDF]
Although thousands have taken to the streets, protests against Brexit have been ...
Davidson, Neil
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What future for gender equality policy in the UK after Brexit? [PDF]
The evolution of gender equality policies in the UK prior to, and since, entering the Common Market in the 1970s illustrates the distinctive characteristics of the UK employment system.
O'Reilly, Jacqueline, Verdin, Rachel
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Local food supply chain resilience to constitutional change: the Brexit effect
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how local supply chains prepare for and respond to the threats and opportunities presented by constitutional change, thereby building resilience.Design/methodology/approachMultiple case study analysis of
L. Hendry+5 more
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