British Politics Substack

Going back to university in my 40s: why I'm studying political communication

“One of the things I am taking away from this term is that it’s a great way to get comfortable with not knowing.”

17 hrs ago • Rachel Extance and British Political Life @ BBK

November 2025

The 2026 Midterms: Trump will try and steal the midterms by suppressing the vote and controlling the narrative

This post originally appeared on the LSE USAPP blog

Nov 27 • Ben Worthy

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Will the left vote Tory?

What does a recent Scottish local government by-election tell us about the prospects for anti-Reform tactical voting?

Published on Martin Rosenbaum’s Substack • Nov 25

Secrets And Lies: Does More Transparency Make For Better Politics?

Speaker: Ben Worthy

Nov 21 • British Political Life @ BBK and Ben Worthy

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Watch / listen: What do we (really) know about British Voters?

In-conversation with Ipsos' Eileen Irvin & Ben Roff, hosted by Birkbeck Centre for British Political Life

Nov 5 • British Political Life @ BBK

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October 2025

Watch: What Is Trump Doing to Democracy? In conversation with Professor Christina Pagel, creator of the Trump Action Tracker

Recorded 30th October 2025

Oct 31 • British Political Life @ BBK

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What Is Trump doing to Democracy? In Conversation with Professor Christina Pagel, creator of the Trump Action tracker.

What Is Trump doing to Democracy?

Oct 24 • British Political Life @ BBK

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The Trotskyist left and ‘Your Party’

Professor John Kelly

Oct 10 • British Political Life @ BBK

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September 2025

Trump’s War on Transparency

Information is power, and information removed is power weakened.

Sep 22 • British Political Life @ BBK

July 2025

Watch again: Professor Sarah Lamble on the punitive safety politics linking left and right anti-gender mobilisations in Britain

On 12 June 2025, Birkbeck Centre for British Political Life and Birkbeck Gender & Sexuality co-hosted a talk by Professor Sarah Lamble exploring how…

Jul 8 • British Political Life @ BBK

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June 2025

Watch again: Book event 'Media and the British General Elections'

Intro to book and roundtable discussion with editors, moderated by Bethany Dawson (Politico) and Martin Rosenbaum (BBC).

Jun 12 • British Political Life @ BBK

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Democracy without fact-checking?

In-conversation with Tom Edgington (BBC Verify) and Mark Frankel (Full Fact)

Jun 9 • British Political Life @ BBK

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