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Worthy, Ben and Bennister, Mark (2022) Comparing Boris Johnson’s premiership to Silvio Berlusconi’s. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog (21 Jul 2022). Blog Entry.
Worthy, Ben and Bennister, Mark (2022) Goodbye Britain’s Berlusconi? Comparing Boris Johnson’s premiership to Silvio Berlusconi’s. British Politics and Policy at LSE (18 Jul 2022). Blog Entry.
Worthy, Ben and Bennister, Mark (2022) Johnson is neither a charismatic failure nor a tragic figure. He hasn’t made the political weather simply because he has been oversold. British Politics and Policy at LSE (11 May 2022). Blog Entry.
Worthy, Ben (2022) From rumours to numbers: how do we know if a Prime Minister is in trouble? British Politics and Policy at LSE (19 Jan 2022). Blog Entry.
Worthy, Ben and Morgan, Cat (2021) Sleaze: we have the data, we have the outcry, but it is still unclear whether these will result in institutional change. British Politics and Policy at LSE (19 Nov 2021). Blog Entry.
Worthy, Ben and Langehennig, Stefanie (2021) The central problem with lobbying is the lack of data, which only worsens the public’s perceptions of the issue. British Politics and Policy at LSE (01 Jun 2021). Blog Entry.
Worthy, Ben and Langehennig, Stefanie (2021) An MP’s voting record matters, but not in the way you think. British Politics and Policy at LSE (05 Feb 2021). Blog Entry.
Worthy, Ben and Langehennig, Stefanie (2020) How data-driven democracy both helps and hinders politics. British Politics and Policy at LSE (01 Jun 2020). Blog Entry.
Worthy, Ben (2020) Book review: dramas at Westminster: select committees and the quest for accountability by Marc Geddes. Democratic Audit Blog (11 Apr 2020). Blog Entry.
Worthy, Ben (2020) Book review: dramas at Westminster: select committees and the quest for accountability by Marc Geddes. LSE Review of Books (08 Apr 2020). Blog Entry.
Worthy, Ben and Bennister, Mark (2020) The art of political survival: three lessons from theresa may. Democratic Audit Blog (03 Apr 2020). Blog Entry.
Worthy, Ben (2020) A great or pyrrhic victory? The dangers ahead for Boris Johnson. Democratic Audit Blog (16 Jan 2020). Blog Entry.
Worthy, Ben and Heide, Marlen (2019) Theresa May and Boris Johnson: secrecy as statecraft? Democratic Audit Blog (11 Sep 2019). Blog Entry.
Worthy, Ben (2019) What makes a prime minister great? Democratic Audit Blog (24 Jul 2019). Blog Entry.
Worthy, Ben (2019) What does Boris Johnson’s political record tell us about his prospects as Prime Minister? Democratic Audit Blog (19 Jun 2019). Blog Entry.
Worthy, Ben (2019) A tale of two failures: poor choices and bad judgements on the road to Brexit. Democratic Audit Blog (22 Mar 2019). Blog Entry.
Worthy, Ben and Heide, Marlen (2019) Donald Trump: openness, secrets and lies. Democratic Audit Blog (19 Feb 2019). Blog Entry.
Worthy, Ben (2018) Theresa May and the curse of the takeover Prime Minister. Democratic Audit Blog (14 Dec 2018). Blog Entry.
Worthy, Ben (2018) How transparent and free from corruption is UK government? Democratic Audit Blog (08 Nov 2018). Blog Entry.
Worthy, Ben (2018) Patriotism, pessimism and politicians: understanding the vote to leave. Democratic Audit Blog (27 Sep 2018). Blog Entry.
Worthy, Ben (2018) Secretively open: identifying patterns in Theresa May's approach to secrecy. British Politics and Policy at LSE (14 May 2018). Website.
Worthy, Ben and Bennister, Mark (2018) From City Hall to Downing Street: what would Boris as Mayor tell us about Boris as PM? Democratic Audit Blog (01 Feb 2018). Blog Entry.
Worthy, Ben (2017) How Parliament's campaign of attrition forced the government to open up about Brexit. LSE Brexit (29 Nov 2017). Website.
Worthy, Ben and Bennister, Mark (2017) Rebels running London? The mayoralties of Ken and Boris compared. British Politics and Policy at LSE (27 Apr 2017). Website.
Worthy, Ben (2017) Theresa May’s snap election: historic or Pyrrhic? British Politics and Policy at LSE (13 Apr 2017). Website.
Worthy, Ben (2017) Letting the sun shine in – for a while: why (most) US presidents embrace openness. Democratic Audit UK (04 Apr 2017). Website.
Worthy, Ben (2017) Submarine May can’t slip back under the waves. Keeping Brexit negotiations secret is impossible. Democratic Audit UK (10 Feb 2017). Website.
Worthy, Ben (2016) History shows that the new president has a fairly good chance of winning re-election in 2020. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (09 Nov 2016). Website.
Worthy, Ben (2016) The take-over: Prime Ministers without a popular mandate, 1916-2016. British Politics and Policy at LSE (12 Jul 2016). Website.
Bennister, Mark and Worthy, Ben (2016) Why is real leadership in such short supply in UK politics? British Politics and Policy at LSE (08 Jul 2016). Website.
Worthy, Ben (2016) Why would anyone want to be Prime Minister? Democratic Audit UK (04 Jul 2016). Website.
Worthy, Ben (2016) Who will succeed David Cameron? A brief history of takeover Prime Ministers. Democratic Audit UK (24 Jun 2016). Website.
Worthy, Ben (2016) Going, going, gone: how safe is David Cameron? Democratic Audit UK (03 Jun 2016). Website.
Worthy, Ben (2016) Open up or shut up? David Cameron’s three transparency problems. Democratic Audit UK (11 Apr 2016). Website.
Worthy, Ben (2016) David Cameron and the tax havens: transparency is only a partial answer to a much bigger question. Democratic Audit UK (06 Apr 2016). Website.
Worthy, Ben (2016) Boris Johnson’s influence over the outcome of the EU referendum is highly overstated. Democratic Audit UK (24 Feb 2016). Website.
Worthy, Ben, John, Peter and Vannoni, Matia (2016) Better than asking: an experiment on the effectiveness of FOI requests. British Politics and Policy at LSE (18 Feb 2016). Website.
Worthy, Ben (2015) If he handles his leadership well, Jeremy Corbyn could become the successful rebel head of an anti-establishment party. Democratic Audit UK (21 Sep 2015). Website.
Worthy, Ben (2015) The Government’s Freedom of Information commission tilts the political discussion towards damage and cost. Democratic Audit UK (21 Jul 2015). Website.
Bennister, Mark and Worthy, Ben (2014) Leadership capital ebbs and flows but trends downwards,influencing political fortunes over time. Democratic Audit Blog (04 Nov 2014). Website.
Worthy, Ben (2014) The Maria Miller imbroglio shows that the MPs expenses system is beset by complexity and political meddling. Democratic Audit Blog (09 Apr 2014). Website.
Worthy, Ben (2011) Despite the uphill battle in extending Freedom of Information to companies doing public work, the open data movement is already beginning to hold many of them to account. British Politics and Policy at LSE (19 Oct 2011). Website.