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25Oct/22

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak: who is he and how did he end up with the top job in British politics?

October 25, 2022PoliticsAkshata Murty, Boris Johnson, British MPs, Cabinet of the United Kingdom, Conservative Party, Creative Commons, Government of the United Kingdom, Leaders of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss, N.R. Narayana Murty, Oxford, Penny Mordaunt, Richmond (Yorks), Rishi Sunak, Sajid Javid, Southampton, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Victoria Honeyman, William Hagueadmin

Victoria Honeyman, University of Leeds

When Rishi Sunak lost to Liz Truss in the first Conservative Party leadership race of 2022, few were surprised. Many of the people given the chance to choose between the two candidates blamed Sunak for Boris Johnson’s downfall. They also preferred Truss’s “optimistic” economic policies to Sunak’s sombre assessment of the fiscal outlook. Where she promised generous tax arrangements, he argued that economic circumstances would be hard and taxes could not be cut in the short term. Indeed, he warned, they might even have to rise.

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23Oct/22

Liz Truss resigns as prime minister: the five causes of her downfall explained

October 23, 2022PoliticsBoris Johnson, Conservative Party, Creative Commons, Government of the United Kingdom, International Democrat Union, Liz Truss, Matthew Flinders, Prime Minister, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Truss, United Kingdom, university of sheffieldadmin

Matthew Flinders, University of Sheffield

As Liz Truss stepped away from the lectern outside No.10 Downing Street after resigning as leader of her party, it probably occurred to her that her time as prime minister will have been only as long as the leadership campaign that got her there.

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16Oct/22

Flu is set for a big comeback now COVID restrictions are lifted – here’s what you need to know

October 16, 2022HealthcareAnimal virology, Articles, Australia, Boris Johnson, Creative Commons, Flu season, Global health, Health, Influenza, Influenza A virus subtype H3N2, Influenza vaccine, Michael Head, Pandemic, RTT, United Kingdom, Vaccines, Virusesadmin

Michael Head, University of Southampton

The flu seasons of 2020 and 2021 were mild, mostly thanks to measures people took against COVID, such as wearing masks, social distancing and using copious amounts of hand gel. 2022, however, looks like a whole different kettle of fish.

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24Sep/22

Mini budget 2022: experts react to the new UK government’s spending and tax-cut plans

September 24, 2022EconomyAndrew Burlinson, Anthony Barber, Articles, Boris Johnson, British Pound Sterling, Carbon tax, Catherine Waddams, Creative Commons, Donald Hirsch, Economic growth, Economic inequality in the United States, Economics, Economy, Fiscal policy, FX Spot Rate, Income tax in the United States, Inflation, Jean-Philippe Serbera, Jim Watson, Joe Biden, Jonquil Lowe, Kwasi Kwarteng, Phil Tomlinson, Philippe Serbera, Reaganomics, SHUTTERSTOCK, Steven McCabe, Supply-side economics, Tax, Tax cut, THE BANK OF ENGLAND, Thomson Reuters, UK Pound Sterling/US Dollar FX Spot Rate, UK Pound Sterling/US Dollar FX Spot Rate, FX Spot Rate, THOMSON REUTERS, United Kingdom, United Kingdom cost of living crisis, United States, university of east anglia, Value-added taxadmin

Phil Tomlinson, University of Bath; Andrew Burlinson, University of East Anglia; Catherine Waddams, University of East Anglia; Donald Hirsch, Loughborough University; Jean-Philippe Serbera, Sheffield Hallam University; Jim Watson, UCL; Jonquil Lowe, The Open University, and Steven McCabe, Birmingham City University

UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has just launched the biggest package of tax cuts in half a century. This will involve around £45bn of reductions for people and businesses by 2027 – 50% more than anticipated before the mini-budget announcement.

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03Sep/22

Five quotes that define Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister

September 3, 2022PoliticsAmerican people of German descent, Boris Johnson, Bristol Boris Johnson, British people, Creative Commons, English people, European diaspora, James Freeman, United Kingdomadmin

James Freeman, University of Bristol

Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister comes to an end next week, giving us all a chance to consider what his legacy will be. More than his predecessors, Johnson owed his premiership to his reputed ability to persuade audiences other Conservatives couldn’t, through his charisma, unpredictability and energetic campaigning.

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09Aug/22

Is race an issue for Rishi Sunak? It’s a difficult question for pollsters to investigate but the information we do have is telling

August 9, 2022PoliticsBoris Johnson, British people, Carlton Television, Conservative Party, Creative Commons, David Cameron, English people, International Democrat Union, Leaders of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss, Opinion poll, Paul Whiteley, Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, Toryism, United Kingdom, University of Essex, YOUGOVadmin

Paul Whiteley, University of Essex

A YouGov poll of party members completed on August 2 shows Rishi Sunak to be trailing Liz Truss 31% to 69% in the Conservative leadership contest. A similar poll completed on July 21 had him on 38% to her 62%. She appears to be winning the contest hands down.

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25Jul/22

Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss? Polling shows party members want her – but the wider voting public would choose him

July 25, 2022PoliticsBoris Johnson, British MPs, Colleges of the University of Oxford, Conservative Party, Creative Commons, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Leaders of the Conservative Party, Liz Truss, Margaret Thatcher, Paul Whiteley, Rishi Sunak, THE BANK OF ENGLAND, Toryism, Ukraine, United Kingdom, University of Essex, YOUGOVadmin

Paul Whiteley, University of Essex

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are the final two candidates chosen to go head-to-head in the battle to become the next leader of the Conservative party and, therefore, the next prime minister of the UK.

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07Jul/22

Boris Johnson: a terminal case of hubris syndrome

July 7, 2022PoliticsAmerican people of German descent, Boris Johnson, British MPs, British people, Conservative Party, Creative Commons, David Owen, English people, Government of the United Kingdom, International Democrat Union, Labour Party, Margaret Thatcher, Matthew Flinders, Politics by country, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tom Bower, United Kingdom, university of sheffieldche

As Boris Johnson barricades himself in Number 10, apparently unwilling or unable to listen to the advice of close party colleagues who are calling on him to resign, how can we understand this bizarre melodrama?

As I watched Johnson’s appearance in front of the House of Commons Liaison Committee on the afternoon before his showdown with key members of his cabinet, I couldn’t help but wonder if there was a deeper malady at play. It was as if an existential disconnect had settled across the comfortingly boring committee room.

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