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general elections Articles

The election: what went wrong and what next

My first thoughts after Thursday’s results were with all Labour’s fantastic candidates who were standing up on stages across the country as their results were read out but going the wrong way: the likes of Will Martindale, Uma Kumaran and Luke Pollard would have made...

‘Listen first, then seek to be understood’

Some things became obvious to me from the first doorknocking session I ran in Norwich South 28 years ago. Such as … if you do not try to understand things motivating those you are talking to – their family’s security, their wish for a better car, their hopes to afford...

Mad Men And Bad Men: What happened when British politics met advertising

With the start of the short campaign drawing near, there could not be a better time to pick up Sam Delaney’s thoughtful, thorough and enjoyable look at the relationship between politics and advertising. Delaney sets out to answer a simple question: does political...

Treacherous ground

Beware the shifting sands of the centre ground. Leadership and capturing the mood of the nation are what really win elections, warns Peter Kellner