Unlike some I am not predicting the outcome of the next election at this time. The only prediction I am confident in making is those people who think adding the Tory and Reform vote shares together will be the vote share an alliance between the two would receive at the next election are going to be proven epically wrong, like Sion Simon in the autumn of 2007. As we can see from the YouGov poll there’s significant opposition to a…
When the final chapter of this parliament is written I am fairly certain that the cut to the winter fuel allowance will feature heavily. As somebody who supports the cut it was badly handled and it is no surprise why people are switching the way they are, but will iy matter at the next election? TSE
Misinformation online has become commonplace. It has fuelled riots and disorder and maybe propelled a few people into office. But is misinformation just a random process, or is it driven by particular actors? Is it seen on both the left and right of politics? Petter Törnberg and Juliana Chueri sought to answer this in a research paper just published in The International Journal of Press/Politics. They analysed 32 million tweets from parliamentarians in 26 different countries (including the UK, US, Ireland, France,…
It is interesting to see what the voters and punters think about Nigel Farage’s expectation. i am not feeling confident in calling this next election this far out, my other caveat is that say the current polls turn out be the actual election result (which history has shown to be unlikely) we have three parties on around 25% each plus or minus a few points. Under FPTP that could lead to utter carnage, where uneven vote shares could see the…
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One of the reasons many punters, myself included, are reluctant to bet heavily, or bet at all on the 2028 Republican nomination and/or the 2028 presidential election is that Donald Trump may try and run for a third term. Normally the bar for a change to the American constitution is quite high, however given with a compliant majority on the Supreme Court, who will go down in infamy like the Taney, court then I wouldn’t be surprised to see the…
It’s time to get your entries in for the 2025 PB Predictions Competition if you haven’t already. All entries must be in by midnight on Friday 31st January! To enter you simply need to post your answers to the following 14 questions before the end of January 2025, to this or whichever thread is currently open. If you can put the word ‘competition’ in your post it will help me collate entries. Alternatively you can PM me your entries (but…
Looking at these word clouds I know the attention of most people will be drawn to the prominence of Nigel Farage but for me the most striking thing is that you have to squint and use a magnifying glass to find Kemi Badenoch’s name on the January 2025 word cloud. For those unfamiliar with word clouds, the larger the person’s name on the word cloud the more people support that person. As a lifelong Conservative I have to admit I…