1. ^aDepartment of Political Science and International Studies, European Research Institute, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. E-mail: p.kerr@bham.ac.uk
2. ^bDepartment of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. E-mail: s.kettell@warwick.ac.uk

Abstract

Johnston argues that our original article on the field of British politics contained a major lacuna, namely, the omission of electoral studies. We argue that this critique is overly narrow and ignores the broader and more substantive issues that we sought to raise. In response, we re-emphasise the main arguments contained in our article concerning what we regard to be the key problems that currently affect the study of British politics.