Tag: Christopher Raymond
Jeremy Corbyn’s republican and socialist sympathies add even greater uncertainty into Northern Ireland politics
The Northern Ireland government is in crisis, with the resignation of the First Minister Peter Robinson potentially seeing the power-sharing agreement between republicans and unionists heading for collapse. Neil Matthews, Christopher Raymond, and John Garry place recent events in the context of Jeremy Corbyn’s elevation to Labour leader, and argue that his status as being […]
The nature of contemporary politics means that first-past-the-post is unable to prevent multiparty systems
Duverger’s law states that a first-past-the-post electoral system – such as the one in use in the UK for Westminster elections – will support and sustain two party politics. But in recent years, the UK has seen what is essentially a multi-party system emerge, despite systemic constraints. Christopher Raymond looks at how this has come […]
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