Britain & Ireland

Last week it was announced that the Queen’s Speech would be delayed. Soon after, unconfirmed reports surfaced that this delay was due to the speech being ‘written on thick goatskin parchment paper which … needs

In the European Union, under more proportional electoral systems than Britain, coalition government is a frequent occurrence. To list just a small selection, there are currently coalitions in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands

After the recent terrorist attacks in London and Manchester, many cited the second 1974 General Election (when IRA bombings took place less than a week before polls opened) as a precedent to continue with 2017’s election

Today, as Britain goes to the polls, one of the key questions on the minds of voters will be: what kind of leader do we want? Consensual? Cooperative? Forceful? Decisive? But, lurking in the background

In response to Theresa May’s announcement of a snap election for June 8, Andrew Marr tweeted, ‘what follows now is a GE unlike any in modern times’. This could be a reasonable enough claim in

The term 'Dark Ages' has long conjured up problematic and over-simplified images of an uncivilised, barbaric or unknowable society. But when English Heritage chose to call the centuries from 400-1066 'the dark ages' in their