Lavender Politics?: The Impact of LGBT Voters on British Political Debate - With Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

This week we've been joined by Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte to explore the impact the changing social position of LGBT voters has had on British politics. As discrimination from state institutions has eased and wider social acceptance has grown, people with LGBT backgrounds have gained more space to play an open and prominent role in British politics. With his research focus on how LGBT communities have influenced electoral politics across Europe, Stuart provides some fascinating insights into key social and political dynamics in contemporary British society.As an Assistant Professor in Quantitative Political Science at the University of Southampton, Stuart published his first book, “VOX: The Rise of the Spanish Radical Right”, and is currently working on his second book project “Lavender Ballots: How queers vote and how to win them over”.The background music is by Through the City by Crowander, and the production for this podcast was by Daniel Mansfield.   

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Breaking Britain is a podcast produced by the Europe's Borderlands Research Group at the European and International Studies Department in King's College London. Hosted by Russell Foster and Alex Clarkson, it will explore the pressures unravelling the unity of Britain and reopening the future of the island of Ireland in a European context. In each episode we will discuss the challenges reshaping a disunited kingdom as well as a wary republic with scholars and commentators who can provide expert insight into political faultlines within the nations of Britain and the island of Ireland.