Gerry Stoker

The 2019 general election: what’s trust got to do with it?

Will Jennings, Gerry Stoker, Daniel Devine and Jen GaskellDecember 19, 2019

Our newly elected prime minister Boris Johnson is infamous for finding it difficult to tell the truth. The general election campaign was littered with untruths...

BrexitCommentElectionsUK6 min read

Is a crisis of trust necessarily a bad thing?

Will Jennings, Gerry Stoker and Pippa NorrisSeptember 17, 2019

There is widespread concern about a crisis of trust in society, government, and the world. The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, summed up the mood in a ...

GovernmentInternational politics6 min read

The Bifurcation of Politics: Two Englands and a Divided World

Will Jennings and Gerry StokerJune 7, 2016

In England, America, Europe and democracies elsewhere, a bifurcation of politics is transforming the essence of contemporary politics. This fracturing of politi...

BrexitCommentUK5 min read