A mystery at the heart of British politics
There’s an odd role-reversal between the Conservative and Labour Parties when you look at their internal politics. … Read the full post »
Jeremy Corbyn
Read about the Labour MP for Islington North and life-long Eurosceptic who was elected leader of the Labour Party in 2015. He was succeeded by Keir Starmer in April 2020.
You can also find out more about Corbyn in Rosa Prince’s biography, Comrade Corbyn.
And the most popular blog post in 2022 was…
Since this site started in 2009, I’ve been tracking each year which was the most popular blog post. Let’s take a trip down memory lane. … Read the full post »
Two new Parliamentary by-election focus groups
Conservative Party peer and the largest private funder of public political polling in the UK, Lord Ashcroft, is back with some new focus groups. … Read the full post »
‘Great’: Diane Abbott’s description of event featuring apologists for human rights abuses
Yesterday Labour MP Diane Abbott spoke at an event alongside several apologists for the Chinese government’s treatment of Uyghurs, behaviour which amounts to genocide. … Read the full post »
Lib Dem voters prefer a Labour to a Conservative government by 4:1
Forced to choose, four times as many Lib Dem voters would go for a Labour government headed by Keir Starmer than a Conservative one headed by Boris Johnson. … Read the full post »
How Margaret Thatcher really won the 1979 general election
1979 is now a long time ago. But like 1945 its political lessons – or supposed lessons – still echo, feeling relevant to very contemporary questions. … Read the full post »
Opinion polling, leaflets, podcasts and the general election: LDN #132
What to make of the Lib Dem general election so far, the MRP data and the number of Lib Dem leaflets? Liberal Democrat Newswire #132 has some of the answers. … Read the full post »
How political pundits are ignoring one third of people
A standard rule of expertise is that the more you know about the topic, the more you are aware of the limitations of your knowledge. … Read the full post »
Media has a fair share of the blame for fake news about ITV election debate
Following the Boris Johnson – Jeremy Corbyn TV election debate, YouGov carried out a super-quick poll of people who watched the debate to judge the winner. … Read the full post »
The proposed ITV debate format is flawed. Other countries do it better.
The appropriateness of a debate format should be measured by how well it reflects the current political situation in the country. … Read the full post »