Political communication was once the domain of deliberate (another word for political) rhetoric and public speeches, and then in the 20th century developed to include radio, television and film. Now film as a medium has taken one more step with the emergence of the Obamas and the Clintons producing what may be construed as their […]
The question is how will Mrs. May leave Downing Street?
“Theresa May’s political career has been written off many times but she has now surely run out of road. This week she will meet with the executive of the Conservative Party’s backbench 1922 Committee who will press her for a date for her departure as prime minister” wrote the London Times last Monday. Her party […]
Reading Julius Caesar may help Mrs May
A heading from the London Times last Monday read “Brexit-weary Britons long for political strongman”. It was the result of an opinion poll carried out by the Hansard Society, where some 54% of respondents agreed that Britain needed a strong rule-breaking leader. This, of course, raises the whole question of Mrs May’s leadership of the […]
