Labour did not win the general election. But neither did the Conservatives. Parliamentary arithmetic will prevail and the Tories will form a minority government propped up by the hard-right DUP. Will there be a hard Brexit? Will austerity continue along its previous punishing trajectory? Who knows, but both seem less likely with a minority government.
Read moreThe media offered ‘presidential’ coverage of the 2017 General Election, focussing their attention on May and Corbyn, analysis by Loughborough University has found.
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Report 4 (covering 5th May to 7th June inclusive) This is the last in a series of weekly reports by the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture on national news reporting of the 2017 UK General Election.
Read moreThe Conservative Party has received considerably more negative media coverage in the second half of the General Election campaign, research from Loughborough University has found.
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Report 3 (covering 18th-31st May inclusive) This is the third report by the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture on national news reporting of the 2017 UK General Election.
Read moreOn May 15 2017, the Italian Court of Cassation, the highest court of appeal, issued a verdict ruling that Sikh men in Italy cannot carry the kirpan, the sacred dagger that represents one of the five holy customs Sikhs must observe.
Read moreProfessor James Stanyer on week two of the General Election media campaign.
Read moreIn its second report analysing media coverage of the General Election Loughborough University has found national newspapers to be overwhelmingly negative in their coverage of Labour.
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This is the second in a series of weekly reports by the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture on national news reporting of the 2017 UK General Election.
Read moreBrexit may be taking the UK into uncharted political waters but national media reporting of the first week of the 2017 general election was a very familiar combination of choreography, conspiracies and cock-ups.
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