Expert Comment
Does President Trump's dismissal of F.B.I. Director James Comey echo Watergate?
Postdoctoral Fellow in Politics and International Studies Dr Ben Margulies explores the similarities between President Trump's dismissal of James Comey, Director of the F.B.I., and Richard Nixon's orders to fire independant prosecutor Archibald Cox in 1973.
Macron won the debate—but Le Pen’s voters won’t care
Last night’s head-to-head debate between the two remaining candidates in the race to become the next French president was not a classic, but Emmanuel Macron landed the heaviest blows write Dr David Lees, Teaching Fellow in French Studies
Expert in US politics Ben Margulies explains the delay in the search for funding for a Mexican border wall
Dr Ben Margulies, expert in US and European politics, comments on Donald Trump's scrapping of plans to find funding for his border wall.
Why Prime Minister Theresa May called for a snap general election
Principal Teaching Fellow in Liberal Arts and expert in UK politics Dr Mike Finn discusses the reasons for Prime Minister Theresa May's decision to call for a snap general election on June 8.
Dr Mike Finn on triggering Article 50 and the call for a second Scottish referendum.
"The phoney war is over - real politics is back. The past nine months has been political theatre, shadowboxing within the UK and without; the arrival of Article 50's triggering means that the real battle for Britain's exit - and possibly the fate of Britain itself in the wake of Nicola Sturgeon's announcement - is on."