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Steven Fielding
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I am Professor of Political History in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham where I am also Director of the Centre for British Politics.

I have written widely on British politics and recent political history; and have edited Parliamentary Affairs since 2006.

My particular expertise lies in the politics of the Labour party as well as the fictional representation of politics in the UK but also in the US - and I am currently working on Fictional Politics: Representing British Politics on Screen, Stage and Page since 1900 for Bloomsbury.

I have blogged for the BBC, Guardian and Liberal Conspiracy as well as my own School blog.

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Dead Kennedys and Live Politics

Posted 19 July 2011 | 01:00:00 (EST)

Why are the lives of Jack and Bobby Kennedy still being dramatised nearly five decades after their deaths? And what is significant about the latest effort, The Kennedys, which recently concluded on BBC2?

In the United States the series proved so controversial it was dropped by the History Channel and...

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The Iron Law of Miliband

Posted 14 July 2011 | 16:43:25 (EST)

By 196 votes to 41, Labour MPs have endorsed Ed Miliband's proposal to abolish bi-annual elections to the Shadow Cabinet and allow him to pick its members. If endorsed by Labour's autumn conference (and it will) this will mean that the leader, and only the leader, can decide who will...

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