New: ukpoliticsAll contenthive-129948krhive-196917zzansteemhive-183959hive-166405hive-180932photographyhive-185836uncommonlabhive-183397hive-150122hive-188619hive-101145hive-144064bitcoinhive-145157krsuccesslifehive-193637hive-184714hive-181136hive-109690hive-103599TrendingNewHotLikerscandy49 (63)in uk • 10 days 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 • 12 days 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 • 14 days 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 • 19 days 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 • 21 days 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 • 21 days 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 • 2 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 • 2 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 • 2 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 • 3 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 • 3 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 • 4 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 • 4 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 • 4 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…davelevy (43)in ukpolitics • 4 months agoSlogans aren’t bulletsBefore the election was called, Keir Starmer visited BEA systems at Barrow in Furness, the dockyard that builds and maintains the UK nuclear submarine fleet. He promised that a Labour Government’s…candy49 (63)in uk • 4 months agoHere is the polling for the Conservative leadership candidatesThe six candidates are Tom Tugendhat, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick, Kemi Badenoch, Priti Patel and Mel Stride. The pollster also asked questions about Nigel Farage who heads the Reform Party.…davelevy (43)in ukpolitics • 4 months agoNo jokes Mr Mandelson!This article in the guardian, entitled, "‘You’ve got to be joking’: Mandelson dismisses prospect of UK rejoining EU” reports a speech by Peter Mandelson to the BCC in which he reinforces the…candy49 (63)in uk • 4 months agoSome shocking polling on the recent riotsThis polling was done by WeThinkPolling: source The new Labour government was elected on just 33.7% of the vote. Some people thought they'd bring mortgage rates down. Instead Starmer…candy49 (63)in uk • 5 months agoKeir Starmer's approval ratings go negativeIn the wake of the recent riots, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's ratings have turned negative (31% positive, 38% negative giving him a rating of -7): source The people he has to worry about…davelevy (43)in ukpolitics • 5 months agoPR in WalesI wrote, nearly two years ago, welcoming the change on the composition and size of the Welsh Senedd, or on Medium and was pointed today at what they’ve become . While using the…
