British Politics Society has the pleasure of inviting you to a guest lecture by Dr. Jeremy Crang, University of Edinburgh, entitled:

The fifth Annual General Meeting of the British Politics Society, Norway was held at Blindern, University of Oslo on Monday 30 August. 

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Andrew Gamble, Professor of Politics at the University of Cambridge, addressed a full audience at a BPS seminar at Blindern, 16 March 2010. The seminar was entitled "The UK general election: Prospects for Britain and beyond".

Professor Gamble reflected upon the dominant issues of the upcoming general election and likely implications for British politics at home and abroad.

John Hutton, MP for the British Labour party since 1992 and a former Cabinet Minister, was the keynote speaker at a BPS seminar at Blindern, 16 February 2010. Reflecting on New Labour's twelve years in government, the upcoming general elections and the future of British politics more generally, Mr Hutton observed that

"...change is coming to the politics of my country. By that I am not referring to the outcome of the forthcoming general election, because this too cannot be predicted with any great certainty at this point. I mean to the system itself, its institutions and yes its values."

He pointed out that New Labour had gone through major changes since it first came to power in 1997, reminding the audience that

"...New Labour is not a collection of fixed policies and neither is it merely a reflection of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's personal political preferences. Labour itself has changed. Many commentators have simply failed to understand this. Not everyone with the Labour party shares these New Labour perspectives - that is obviously true. There are differences of opinion amongst us. But I know where the instinct and impulse of Labour lies and it is not in a return to sectarian politics."

Click here to read Mr Hutton's speech in full-text.

[30 April 2009]

BPR contributors invited speakers at "Frokost med Bernt"

President and Vice President of the British Politics Society, Øivind Bratberg and Kristin M. Haugevik, were invited speakers at "Frokost med Bernt" at Blindern on 30 April 2009.

Together with BPR 01/09 guest writer Ulf Andenæs, they talked about different aspects of the Thatcher years in British politics. The seminar was entitled "There is no such thing as society". Read more about the event here.