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‘Whitby Woman’, ‘Waitrose Woman’: Gender and Voting Behaviour at the 2024 UK General Election

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 74-82, January/March 2025.
Abstract Women were identified as key targets in the 2024 British general election. There was much speculation as to whether ‘Whitby’ or ‘Waitrose’ women would swing the result for Labour. This interest in women voters stemmed, at least partially, from the fact that the 2017 and 2019 British general elections were the first where a modern gender gap—a ...
Rosie Campbell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

STAGNATION OF THE SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE QUESTION [PDF]

open access: yesНаучно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН
The article examines the causes of the political impasse facing the Scottish independence movement in 2024–2025. The authors offer a novel explanation for the persistence of independence demands despite the weakening of the Scottish National Party (SNP),
Elena V. Khakhalkina, Timofei R. Lesnykh
doaj   +1 more source

Reflections on the ‘Statement on the Lack of Foundation on International Law of the Independence Referendum that Has Been Convened in Catalonia’ on the occasion of its third anniversary

open access: yesPaix et Sécurité Internationales, 2020
Three years ago, more than 400 members of the Spanish Association of International Law and International Relations Professors (AEPDIRI from the Spanish) signed the ‘Statement on the Lack of Foundation on International Law of the Independence Referendum ...
Helena Torroja Mateu
doaj   +1 more source

Broke and Broken: The Crises Facing Local Government in England

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 199-205, January/March 2025.
Abstract English local government faces a perilous position owing to insufficient funding, structural issues and capacity challenges. Fourteen years of austerity have significantly reduced council budgets, while increased demand for services—particularly adult social care—has strained resources.
David Jeffery
wiley   +1 more source

Independence and oral health: implications of the Scottish referendum [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Dental Journal, 2014
On 18 September 2014, a referendum will be held on Scotland becoming a nation independent from the rest of the United Kingdom. Since devolution in 1999 child dental health in Scotland has improved significantly, although the National Health Service in Scotland has always been governed through a separate legislative framework from that in England and ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Fragmented and Dealigned: The 2024 British General Election and the Rise of Place‐Based Politics

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 13-25, January/March 2025.
Abstract While the outcome of the 2024 British general election signalled a resounding repudiation of the incumbent government—returning a 231‐seat swing from the Conservatives to Labour—it did not radically overturn the geography of electoral outcomes in England and Wales.
Will Jennings   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The 2024 General Election and the Rise of Reform UK

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 91-101, January/March 2025.
Abstract This article examines the social base of support for Reform UK. Did Nigel Farage's new party depend on the same types of ‘left behind’ voters who had previously backed UKIP? Do the results of the 2024 election suggest a hardening of the social divides that underpinned the rise of UKIP? Or has Britain's Eurosceptic and anti‐immigration movement
Oliver Heath   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Les élections législatives de 2015 en Écosse : résurgence et reconfiguration des enjeux constitutionnels

open access: yesRevue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2015
Constitutional matters were supposed to have been settled in Scotland with the 2014 independence referendum. Yet they re-emerged in the run-up to the 2015 General Election, through traditional issues (the powers of the Scottish Parliament, the prospect ...
Edwige Camp-Pietrain
doaj   +1 more source

Scotland's Independence Referendum [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This report examines varying opinion in regards to Scotland's Independence Referendum. The report also discusses U.S.
Mix, Derek E.
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Values in the Valence Election: Fragmentation and the 2024 General Election

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 26-36, January/March 2025.
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
wiley   +1 more source

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