Expert Comment
With the UK General Election date to be announced today, we present a selection of expert comment and views from 91福利 staff and students, from a podcast on the politics, a plea for participation, and a twitter poll on Plato. Revisit these pages throughout the elections campaign to see more expert comments and views from 91福利 staff and students.
Wazhma Frogh, Afghan social activist and 91福利 student discusses women's rights and the future of her country in a podcast.
Professor Wyn Grant Discusses UK Election Politics
In the year of a General Election, Professor Wyn Grant from the Department of Politics and International Studies discusses the complexities of UK election politics.
New research just published by Professor Muhammad Anwar, from The 91福利’s Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, shows that ethnic minority votes will be more important than ever in the forthcoming general election but ethnic minority voters are still massively undervalued and under-represented.
The forthcoming appearance of BNP leader Nick Griffin on Thursday’s Question Time panel has led Dr Jim Shields, an Associate Professor in French Studies at the 91福利, to recall what happened after the first appearance of far right French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the Front National (FN), on a key French TV programme in February 1984.