New: ukpoliticsAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krsteemhive-180932hive-166405hive-183959hive-150122hive-185836zzanhive-101145hive-183397hive-144064uncommonlabhive-184714hive-188619photographybitcoinhive-103599hive-145157hive-139150hive-193186hive-138689hive-180301hive-141434TrendingNewHotLikerscandy49 (63)in uk • 16 days agoHere is how voting intention has changed in the UKThe following graphic shows how different groups in the UK voted in the Dec 2019 general election, July 2024 general election, and vting intention in Feb 2025: source In order for Tories to…davelevy (43)in ukpolitics • last monthIntergenerational EquityOriginally published at on June 30, 2023. by Nikola Knezevic, from Unsplash In this article , in the FT, Sarah O’Connor argues that the impact of high interest rates is less effective…rose98734 (64)in uk • last monthConservatives are doing well in council by-electionsThe Tories arn't doing that well in opinion polls, but in council by-elections, where real people vote, they are holding their own. Aggregate Seat Results of the 180 Council By-Elections (for 184…candy49 (63)in uk • 2 months agoReform starts to surgeA new poll is out from MoreInCommon: 🌳CON 26% (nc) 🌹LAB 26% (nc) ➡️ REF UK 22% (+3) 🔶 LIB DEM 12% ( -1) 🌍 GREEN 7% (-1) 🟡 SNP 3% (nc) N = 2,011 Poll surveyed between 6 - 8 Jan, Change…heraldpostmail (0)in politics • 2 months agoElon Musk is trying to influence UK electionElon Musk wants to control UK politics. He is influencing UK politics from U.S and trying to get anti-Islam people like Tommy Robbinson in power.candy49 (63)in uk • 2 months agoPoll suggest next parliament will be hungThe pollster MoreInCommon did a huge MRP poll with a sample of 11,000 people. It suggests a hung parliament where no govt can form even with a coalition: It suggests a hypothetical parliament…candy49 (63)in uk • 2 months agoBritain joins CPTPPBritain's accession to the CPTPP trading block came into force today (15th December 2024). 🇦🇺🇧🇳🇨🇦🇨🇱🇯🇵🇲🇾🇲🇽🇳🇿🇵🇪🇸🇬🇻🇳🇬🇧 Including Britain, it's 12 countries, 500 million…candy49 (63)in uk • 2 months agoUK voting intention by most important issuesThe pollster MoreInCommon asked people how they intended to vote, and then what the most important issue was. Here is how it broke down: source The most interesting thing to me was "Jobs and…candy49 (63)in uk • 3 months agoBritain's voting intention by Christmas movieThey asked people how they'd vote, and then what was their favourite Christmas movie. Here are the results: source I was amused to see Tories loved Love Actually. No wonder they elected…candy49 (63)in ukpolitics • 3 months agoMPs with religious faith voted against assisted suicideHere is how MPs voted in the assisted suicide vote, broken down by their religious faith: source Basically, if you were Christian, Muslim, Buddhist or Sikh, you tended to vote against…rose98734 (64)in ukpolitics • 3 months agoReform push the Labour party into third placeThis is an opinion poll by the pollster FindOutNow: source One caveat: in the general election FindOutNow overestimated both the Labour and Reform vote, and underestimated the Conservatives.candy49 (63)in ukpolitics • 3 months agoInteresting Sky news video about the Labour govtIt discusses which things Labour have done which have cut through to the public, and whether the public views the issues positively or negatively. Source: They've only had one success:…davelevy (43)in ukpolitics • 4 months agoAt GMB Congress, immigration, racism and europeAt the GMB Congress, my Region, London, organised a fringe meeting on the “ The rise of the far right and worker’s rights “. This was jointly organised with the Labour Movement for Europe who had…davelevy (43)in ukpolitics • 4 months agoStarmer’s speech on refugeesA little essay on Natalie Elphick’s defection to Labour and Starmer’s speech in Dover on refugee policy. Dover, by Tom Rogers from Unsplash, cropped Over the last couple of days of the week…davelevy (43)in ukpolitics • 4 months agoReading Labour’s tea leavesI wrote earlier about the possibility of a youth mobility proposal from the EU; I’d say it’s now dead and that may be what the Commission was trying to achieve, to stop the UK cherry picking…candy49 (63)in uk • 5 months agoVoters turn on StarmerThe pollster Savanta asked 2,000 people to give a one-word description of Keir Starmer. Here is the resulting word cloud: source Here is the same exercise done for Starmer in Sept 2023 (so…candy49 (63)in uk • 6 months agoThe second round of the Tory leadership contestHere is how Tory MPs voted: Robert Jenrick - 33 (+5) Kemi Badenoch - 28 (+6) Tom Tugendhat - 21 (+4) James Cleverly - 21 (-) Mel Stride - 16 (-) Mel Stride has been eliminated. The vote…candy49 (63)in uk • 6 months agoThe Labour party lead drops to 4%It's exactly two months since the general election, here is the poll from BMGResearch: source Note that in the general election, Labour got 33.7%. As you can see from the graphic above…candy49 (63)in uk • 6 months agoKeir Starmer's approval ratings fall to a new lowHere is the chart from the pollster MoreInCommn: source It's only 7 weeks after the election, but Starmer is already on -16, which normally takes several years for new govts to achieve.…candy49 (63)in uk • 6 months agoBritish voters are worrying about energy billsYouGov asked which area of household spending were people most worried about. Here are the results: source Energy bills topped the list of concerns, though people aged 25 to 49 are worrying…
