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Building the barricade. How the Conservatives are minimising their chances of picking up former Remain voters

Building the barricade. How the Conservatives are minimising their chances of picking up former Remain voters

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What are government policies for? If you were to ask the average member of the public, they would probably tell you that they were to set the best way possible for running the country on the particular topic at hand. Of course, that hasn’t always or even usually been the main point of government policies. In most countries in most eras, government policies have mostly been designed to benefit the interests of an elite. Kings rarely thought about the impact…

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R.I.P. The Conservative Party 1834-2018 if the Brexiteer dream is realised

R.I.P. The Conservative Party 1834-2018 if the Brexiteer dream is realised

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SUNDAY TIMES LEAD: ‘Brexiteer Plot’ by @ShippersUnbound pic.twitter.com/70OGZyDhvO — Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) February 3, 2018 It’s either a/the customs union or remaining Prime Minister Mrs May. Until Mrs May voluntarily stands down or is forced out we’re going to be subjected to stories like this. What is interesting is that it is the more fundamentalist Brexiteers that are revolting. I suspect Mrs May will propose a much more pragmatic deal than these Brexiteers are prepared to accept, so taking the…

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NEW PB / Polling Matters podcast: Youthquakes and the British Election Study

NEW PB / Polling Matters podcast: Youthquakes and the British Election Study

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On this week’s podcast, Keiran and Leo analyse the latest round of British Election Study data and ask ‘was there really a ‘youthquake’ at the 2017 General Election and does it matter? Keiran and Leo also look at the role that gender played in the 2017 vote and uncover some striking data that suggests we might be getting public opinon on Brexit all wrong. Find all this and more on this week’s show. Follow this week’s podcasters: Follow @KeiranPedley Follow…

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NEW PB / Polling Matters podcast: How favourable are Brits towards different countries and how old is ‘too old’ to be PM?

NEW PB / Polling Matters podcast: How favourable are Brits towards different countries and how old is ‘too old’ to be PM?

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On this week’s podcast Keiran and Leo look at some polling by Opinium that asks how favourable or unfavourable the British public is towards the following countries with some interesting differences by Brexit vote and age.  A summary of the results can be found below: (Note – nets may appear to be one point out in places due to rounding) Source: Opinium. 19-22 Jan, 2018. Tables with appear on the Opinium website in due course. Also on the show, Keiran…

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Donald Trump’s horizontal jogging with a porn star might see Melania Trump jog on from their marriage

Donald Trump’s horizontal jogging with a porn star might see Melania Trump jog on from their marriage

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Following the recent revelations about Donald Trump paying hush money to the porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about their reputed affair, the marriage of Donald and Melania Trump has come under scrutiny. If you have no ethical or moral qualms about betting on the divorce of a couple then you might be interested in the above betting markets from Paddy Power. The bet on Trump remarrying by the 8th of November this year seems very unappealing, I’m not…

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Rebeller Italia. The next problem coming down the tracks for the EU

Rebeller Italia. The next problem coming down the tracks for the EU

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The EU is already wrestling with Brexit and with a renaissance of illiberalism in Poland and Hungary challenging its long-held views of European values.  What it really doesn’t want is a third front.  Italy seems set to disoblige. Ever since Silvio Berlusconi was ousted at the end of 2011, Italy has been run on a reform platform, first by a technocratic government headed by former European Commissioner Mario Monti, and then for the last five years by the parties of…

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NEW PB / Polling Matters podcast: Vote blue go green? Farage, Boris & 2nd referendums (again) plus Labour NEC election fallout

NEW PB / Polling Matters podcast: Vote blue go green? Farage, Boris & 2nd referendums (again) plus Labour NEC election fallout

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On this week’s podcast, Keiran and Leo continue with the new format of the show where each guest chooses a news story that has interested them from the past week and provides some polling analysis on a key issue of the day. Topics discussed this week include: 1) What the Tories’ new focus on environmental issues says about their brand and future electoral strategy 2) Why Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson are indicating support for another referendum on Brexit and…

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Alastair Meeks recommends his approach to baldness as Britain’s best post-Brexit strategy

Alastair Meeks recommends his approach to baldness as Britain’s best post-Brexit strategy

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The 1970s were my best decade for hair production.  My parents have pictures of me at a young age in lurid paisley colours with an Osmond-like hair helmet.  Those pictures are safely under lock and key. By the mid-90s, I was in remedial trichology.  My hairline was under assault from above and below: my scalp was covered by only a sketchy film of strands.  It was time to take stock.  I took the advice of Quentin Crisp on the subject:…

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