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PR, Negative Parliamentarism, and Sweden’s Budget Vote

Politics
On 3 December, Sweden's Riksdag effectively rejected the budget proposed by Prime Minister Stefan Löfven's government. In response, Löfven announced that he would call a snap election, which is scheduled to take place on 22 March. Löfven cannot officially call for a new vote until 29 December; but this means that, less than three months after going to the polls, Sweden...

Rochester and Strood and the Shape of Immigration Rhetoric

Politics
Thursday's by-election in Rochester and Strood resulted in a widely expected victory for UKIP's Mark Reckless. The by-election was triggered by the defection of Reckless from the Conservative Party at the end of September. Becoming UKIP's second elected MP following fellow Tory defector Douglas Carswell's success in Clacton last month, Reckless and UKIP took 42.1% of the vote (16,867...

Viewing UKIP Policy in the Aftermath of the Clacton By-Election

Politics
As the UK Independence Party gains its first elected Member of Parliament - with Douglas Carswell, whose defection from the Conservative Party triggered the by-election, taking just under 60% of the vote yesterday in Clacton, leaving the Conservatives with less than 25% of voters in the constituency while Labour managed just over 11% - there is an urgent need for...