Petra Schleiter is an Associate Professor and Valerie Belu a Masters Student, both at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMay 2015: Who forms the UK government in the event of a hung parliament?The polls predict a hung parliament after the May 2015 election. More than one potential government could be viable....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy the UK needs improved caretaker conventions before the electionIn 2010, the UK’s underspecified caretaker conventions caused the “Squatter in Downing Street” controversy, when...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy the Fixed-term Parliaments Act should not be repealedThe Coalition introduced the Fixed Term Parliaments Act in 2011. Now some Conservative MPs want to repeal the Act....