Hartlepool by-election: inside the new northern Conservatism

By Ryan Swift, PhD Researcher in Politics, University of Leeds

The Conservative party’s victory in the Hartlepool by-election is the latest development in a political realignment that has been bubbling under the surface for more than a decade.

This is only the fifth time that a governing party has taken a seat in a by-election since the end of the second world war. And the win was resounding – a majority of 6,940 and a 16% swing away from Labour.

The results of an individual by-election should not be overstated. Turnout is much lower than at a general…

Read complete article

~	Right wing victory in North Macedonia presidential and parliamentary elections

~	How can we measure the size of Australia’s illegal cannabis market – and the billions in taxes that might flow from legalising it?

~	High Court dismisses key challenge to indefinite immigration detention. What does it mean?

~	A brief history of found footage video art – and where Macklemore’s Hind’s Hall fits in

~	Sky-high vanity: constructing the world’s tallest buildings creates high emissions

~	Germany: British Palestinian Doctor Denied Schengen Entry

~	The Global Coalition for Language Rights: A space for language justice

~	Floods and flooding ‘will be part of our lives,’ says Brazilian architect and urbanist

~	Nepal: Systemic descent-based discrimination against Dalits needs urgent action – NEW REPORT

~	Sleep wrinkles are real. Here’s how they leave their mark