Add to ORKGHow do voters decide on which party to support? Eric Shaw explains that, rather than being ‘rational’, most people follow cognitive short-cuts, reaching conclusion on the basis of their perceptions of economic competence and the quality of party leadership. Labour faces issues on both of these counts: Ed Miliband is widely regarded as a weak leader and the public has largely accepted the coalition’s frame; namely, that Labour was responsible for crashing the economy. Moreover, new patterns of social attachment have emerged, reshaping both political and policy preferences. Norms, lifestyles and ethnicity have replaced class as key markers, presenting important strategic challenges for Labour
In light of Alan Johnson’s recent resignation, and eight months after their general election defeat,...
Abstract: This study explored the determinants of the massive vote shift that characterised the UK'...
The dramatic tightening of the Scottish independence polls can be partly explained by a drift of Lab...
Social identities and perceptions of social cleavages have not lost their mobilising capacity: they ...
Why is the Labour party struggling to gain support? Ed Miliband certainly lacks that ‘X factor’, but...
Although we know the membership figures, we know little about how representative of the public Labou...
Don’t expect any big-bang announcement to electrify activists, the media and the electorate in gener...
Labour emerged from the December 2019 general election badly battered and bruised. In the wake of a ...
Ed Miliband, leader of the Labour party, has gone through a tough stretch recently with the polls se...
Labour’s future direction is at stake. Its leader has the backing of a large part of the membership ...
The Momentum movement and the rise in Labour membership are, Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters argue, proof...
In light of Alan Johnson’s recent resignation, and eight months after their general election defeat,...
The Momentum movement and the rise in Labour membership are, Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters argue, proof...
Jeremy Corbyn has confounded his critics and increased Labour’s share of the vote in the General Ele...
In light of Alan Johnson’s recent resignation, and eight months after their general election defeat,...
In light of Alan Johnson’s recent resignation, and eight months after their general election defeat,...
Abstract: This study explored the determinants of the massive vote shift that characterised the UK'...
The dramatic tightening of the Scottish independence polls can be partly explained by a drift of Lab...
Social identities and perceptions of social cleavages have not lost their mobilising capacity: they ...
Why is the Labour party struggling to gain support? Ed Miliband certainly lacks that ‘X factor’, but...
Although we know the membership figures, we know little about how representative of the public Labou...
Don’t expect any big-bang announcement to electrify activists, the media and the electorate in gener...
Labour emerged from the December 2019 general election badly battered and bruised. In the wake of a ...
Ed Miliband, leader of the Labour party, has gone through a tough stretch recently with the polls se...
Labour’s future direction is at stake. Its leader has the backing of a large part of the membership ...
The Momentum movement and the rise in Labour membership are, Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters argue, proof...
In light of Alan Johnson’s recent resignation, and eight months after their general election defeat,...
The Momentum movement and the rise in Labour membership are, Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters argue, proof...
Jeremy Corbyn has confounded his critics and increased Labour’s share of the vote in the General Ele...
In light of Alan Johnson’s recent resignation, and eight months after their general election defeat,...
In light of Alan Johnson’s recent resignation, and eight months after their general election defeat,...
Abstract: This study explored the determinants of the massive vote shift that characterised the UK'...
The dramatic tightening of the Scottish independence polls can be partly explained by a drift of Lab...