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Annihilation in the red wall, an exit for a top leadership contender and a parliamentary party stuffed with southerners and Oxbridgers – how losing the next election could shape the Conservatives

The Conservative party is clearly in trouble. Admittedly, opinion polls are snapshots, not predictions, but few pundits would argue Rishi Sunak will find it easy to overturn Labour’s double digit lead in the next election, especially after the Tories’ poor showing in the recent local elections. Even more worrying for…

The Conversation · May 31, 2023

Two Greater Manchester boroughs are 'Oxbridge deserts'

Getting into the country's best universities is a bit of a postcode lottery.

Manchester Evening News · Nov 6, 2022

Rob Rinder: Getting rejected by Oxbridge was the best thing that ever happened to me

There has been lot of chat about Oxbridge and social mobility over the last few days and it’s all taken me back almost 30 years... back to my own attempt to scale the dreaming spires.

Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2022