The 2024 UK Election: the Crisis of Conservatism
June 25, at 17:00 at CEVRO
The Prague Center for Transatlantic Relations hosted a discussion with Matthew Goodwin, Professor of Politics at Rutherford College, University of Kent: The 2024 UK Election: the Crisis of Conservatism. The discussion took place on Tuesday, June 25, at 17:00 at CEVRO, Jungmannova 17, Prague 1.
Matt Goodwin is a professor of political science, a bestseller writer, a pollster, and a political advisor to corporations and other bodies.
He works where the worlds of research, politics, and policy collide —talking with politicians, journalists, and academics while crunching his own data and running his own opinion polls and focus groups.
Matt has advised countless governments, companies, and leaders around the globe.
He’s the author of multiple award-winning, bestselling books, including the Sunday Times bestseller Values, Voice, and Virtue, which explains how and why the new elite lost touch, and the Sunday Times bestseller National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy, which has been translated into multiple languages.
He’s also the author of the definitive book on the Brexit vote, Brexit: Why Britain Voted to Leave the European Union, and the Political Book of the Year, Revolt on the Right, which successfully forecast the rise of populism and Brexit in Britain.
Matt writes regularly for the media. He’s written for most major outlets, from The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal to The Telegraph and The Spectator.
He served for a decade as Associate and Senior Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, a Senior Fellow at the Legatum Institute, an official advisor to the UK Education Committee, a Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange, and one of the UK government’s Social Mobility Commissioners. He has also been seconded to a government department, working alongside national policymakers.
