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Labour's first 100 days: a new era of progressive politics in the UK?

Hosted by the Ralph Miliband Programme

In-person and online public event (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building)

Speakers

Professor Sir John Curtice

Professor Sir John Curtice

Professor Anand Menon

Professor Anand Menon

Professor Paula Surridge

Professor Paula Surridge

Chair

Professor Jonathan Hopkin

Professor Jonathan Hopkin

Has Labour’s election marked a real turning point?

Join us for a thought-provoking evening as we provide an early assessment of the new Labour government’s actions and goals.

Meet our speakers and chair

John Curtice is Professor of Politics at Strathclyde University and senior research fellow at NatCen Social Research and The UK in a Changing Europe.

Anand Menon (@anandMenon1) is Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s College London and the Director of The UK in a Changing Europe, a UKRI-funded academic think tank that provides research-based analysis of critical issues facing the UK. His publications include Brexit and British Politics, co-written with Geoffrey Evans, and Europe: The State of the Union. He is a frequent media contributor and has written for publications such as the Financial TimesThe Guardian, and the London Review of Books.

Paula Surridge (@p_surridge) is Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Bristol's School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies. She is also Deputy Chair of UK in a Changing Europe. Her research focuses on social and political values, using large-scale quantitative data sources to investigate how these values influence voting behaviour at general elections, and more recently at the EU Referendum.

Jonathan Hopkin (@jrhopkin) is Professor of Comparative Politics in the Department of Government at LSE. His research has mostly focused on parties and elections in Western Europe (and specifically Italy, Spain and the UK), with particular attention to corruption, political finance, and territorial politics. He is the author of Party Formation and Democratic Transition in Spain.

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