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Executive pay and the politics of envy

by Andrew Hawkins / 22 Feb 2012

Andrew Hawkins asks some pertinent questions about the public’s perception of high earners

The Scottish Spring

by Andrew Hawkins / 21 Dec 2011

Andrew Hawkins looks at why the Scottish independence vote could mean the end of Westminster politics as we know it

Are we prepared for elected commissioners?

by Andrew Hawkins / 03 Nov 2011

Andrew Hawkins on the public view of the handling of civil disobedience law

Can Britain ever learn to love Europe?

by Andrew Hawkins / 27 Aug 2011

Never openly hostile, the UK public has long been uncertain about membership of the European Union. Andrew Hawkins asks if the entente with our closest neighbours will ever be truly cordiale

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Abortion polling: danger money

by Andrew Hawkins / 22 Jun 2011

Andrew Hawkins clears a path through the thorniest of thorny issues addressed through the polling platform

The perils of foreign adventure

by Andrew Hawkins / 22 Apr 2011

Andrew Hawkins on the tests that the government must pass to keep the public onside

Four years to save his party

by Andrew Hawkins / 23 Feb 2011

Andrew Hawkins reckons George Osborne has little time to prove to a doubtful public that his party's economic policies are sound

A victim of his own success

by Andrew Hawkins / 17 Dec 2010

Andrew Hawkins on why tuition fees mean Nick Clegg is no longer seen as the only clean guy in town

The deficit: death or glory

by Andrew Hawkins / 29 Oct 2010

Andrew Hawkins finds some important lessons for the coalition from other countries forced to slash budgets

Andrew Hawkins looks at whether smaller parties, especially the Green Party, are likely to gain more support at the next electionThe UK's first-past-the-post (FPTP) system is not kind to smaller parties, which makes it all the more impressive that Caroline Lucas succeeded in becoming MP for Brighton Pavilion in May.

2012: London’s Year (and probably Boris’s)

by Andrew Hawkins / 25 Jan 2012

Andrew Hawkins looks at the year’s big event – no, not the Olympics. Will Ken or Boris be first to the tape?

Redesigning lobbying

by Andrew Hawkins / 28 Nov 2011

Could the setting up of a statutory register of lobbyists prevent another Werrittygate? Andrew Hawkins investigates

MPs behaving badly

by Andrew Hawkins / 21 Sep 2011

Thanks to the internet and modern media, the public knows more about the private lives of politicians than ever before. As Andrew Hawkins finds out with our exclusive polling, they demand high standards of elected representatives

The immigration conundrum

by Andrew Hawkins / 10 Aug 2011

We may not want to talk about it, but immigration is here to stay. And it may not be the economic and social demon that many think, says Andrew Hawkins

Why a happiness index can make you miserable

by Andrew Hawkins / 24 May 2011

Andrew Hawkins charts the rise and fall of the prime minister’s least credible measure of social wellbeing

Close to home

by Andrew Hawkins / 23 Mar 2011

Can localism rescue the big society, asks Andrew Hawkins

2011: the coalition's annus horribilis?

by Andrew Hawkins / 18 Feb 2011

The public mood towards the coalition is growing increasingly negative, Andrew Hawkins discovers

Lansley's impossible task

by Andrew Hawkins / 22 Nov 2010

Andrew Hawkins believes the health secretary may have been too timid over changes to the NHS, a centrepiece of the government's reforms

The watershed conference

by Andrew Hawkins / 17 Sep 2010

Andrew Hawkins explains the factors that make this conference season unique, including how the next Labour leader can create a poll boost for the partyHowever you look at it, this year's party conference season will be a blockbuster.