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Georgina Sturge @georginasturge.bsky.social · 1d

I did some quick analysis of who has been signing the e-petition against digital ID and the results are interesting.

Nothing very surprising when comparing signatures per constituency with share voting Reform in 2024.

The picture for Labour is a bit more troubling…

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Len Metson @lenmetson.com · 1d

Maybe those 3% are responding to 30 surveys at the same time 😉

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Len Metson @lenmetson.com · 1d

Equally cool and informative from a substantive and methodological perspective!

Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 1d

NEW DATA: Notional results for the 2021 Scottish Parliament election on 2026 boundaries. Of interest to academics/pollsters/journos

Post: chrishanretty.co.uk/posts/sp2026...
Data: github.com/chrishanrett...
Source: github.com/chrishanrett...

Notional results for the 2021 Scottish Parliament Election – chris hanretty

chris hanretty’s site

chrishanretty.co.uk

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Francesca R. Jensenius @fr-jensenius.bsky.social · 3d

Very happy to be able to share the polling-level dataset on Indian Parliamentary Elections 2009, 2014, 2019 that we have been working on for more than a decade. Both the data and the data descriptor are open access: rdcu.be/eujHH

@statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social

Screen shot of the title and abstract of the article I am talking about

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Public Opinion Analytics Lab (POAL) @poalab.bsky.social · 3d

ESRC-funded PhD @lsegovernment.bsky.social × Campaign Lab: New Ways to Think Political Persuasion (start Sep 2026, 3.5 yrs)

Methods-heavy (experiments/computation)

Topics: multi-stage persuasion, interpersonal mechanisms, AI–voter interactions

📅Apply by 10 Dec 2025: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

LSE Collaborative Studentship with Campaign Lab

www.lse.ac.uk

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Chris Prosser @caprosser.com · 25d

I made a little R package to handle the faff of assigning party names to party colours when making plots about British elections in ggplot.

I made it for myself, but if you're someone that also works on British politics and uses R, you might also find it useful!

github.com/drcaprosser/...

GitHub - drcaprosser/gbpartyscales: Map common party-name synonyms to canonical Great Britain parties and provide ggplot2 colour, fill, shape, and linetype scales with standard labels and sensible leg...

Map common party-name synonyms to canonical Great Britain parties and provide ggplot2 colour, fill, shape, and linetype scales with standard labels and sensible legend orderings. Includes a helper ...

github.com

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Len Metson @lenmetson.com · 4d

Aesthetic validity > internal validity

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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 5d

Great opportunity if you’re interested in pursuing a PhD in political science at @lsegovernment.bsky.social - with a particular interest in elections and campaigning ⬇️

Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 We have a cool new ESRC PhD studentship opportunity on the topic of political persuasion for someone interested in campaigning, field experiments and/or computational methods @lsegovernment.bsky.social, in collaboration with
@campaign-lab.bsky.social. All info 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

LSE Collaborative Studentship with Campaign Lab

www.lse.ac.uk

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Len Metson @lenmetson.com · 5d

Could not recommend this highly enough - LSE is a great place to be doing a PhD, and Campaign Lab are a fantastic organisation to collaborate with -

More than happy to talk to anyone thinking of applying!

Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 We have a cool new ESRC PhD studentship opportunity on the topic of political persuasion for someone interested in campaigning, field experiments and/or computational methods @lsegovernment.bsky.social, in collaboration with
@campaign-lab.bsky.social. All info 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

LSE Collaborative Studentship with Campaign Lab

www.lse.ac.uk

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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 We have a cool new ESRC PhD studentship opportunity on the topic of political persuasion for someone interested in campaigning, field experiments and/or computational methods @lsegovernment.bsky.social, in collaboration with
@campaign-lab.bsky.social. All info 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

LSE Collaborative Studentship with Campaign Lab

www.lse.ac.uk

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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 10d

Anyone remembers the panic in 2023 because Labour lost a by-election in Uxbridge and South Ruislip over ULEZ expansion, and the pressure Khan was under to axe his climate/air quality policies? Feels like a decade ago now.

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 10d

Some good news.

London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10d

Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?

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Len Metson @lenmetson.com · 10d

Some more recent polling: headline figures on 'Reform are racist' seem similar since July 2024

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 10d

Labour have been on the attack, branding Reform UK policies "racist" . A new YouGov poll for @itvpeston.bsky.social examines what Britons think

% saying Reform UK...

policies are generally racist: 46% (net +10)
party is generally racist: 47% (net +11)
voters are generally racist: 43% (net +8)

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 10d

Labour have been on the attack, branding Reform UK policies "racist" . A new YouGov poll for @itvpeston.bsky.social examines what Britons think

% saying Reform UK...

policies are generally racist: 46% (net +10)
party is generally racist: 47% (net +11)
voters are generally racist: 43% (net +8)

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Pavithra Suryanarayan @pavisuri.bsky.social · 10d

I hope Starmer doesn’t retreat from the tone he struck yesterday. Lesson from the U.S.: the far right will accuse you of everything they already do. The shamelessness IS a tactic. Biden simply retreated from engaging. But people need to keep hearing a version of what starmer said. Every Single Day.

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10d

People often claim it's a mistake to call far-right figures racist. But it's extremely telling how much they hate being called racist. Farage doesn't welcome it. He is afraid of it. And he has benefited from people's reticence about using it to describe his policies.

Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 10d

Harry Cole here, suggesting that because someone in Utah shot Charlie Kirk 3 weeks ago, Keir Starmer shouldn’t be nasty about Nigel Farage in the U.K.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10d

People often claim it's a mistake to call far-right figures racist. But it's extremely telling how much they hate being called racist. Farage doesn't welcome it. He is afraid of it. And he has benefited from people's reticence about using it to describe his policies.

Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 10d

Harry Cole here, suggesting that because someone in Utah shot Charlie Kirk 3 weeks ago, Keir Starmer shouldn’t be nasty about Nigel Farage in the U.K.

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Len Metson @lenmetson.com · 10d

I wonder how large the gap between people's perceptions of these descriptive norms and reality is, given the huge amount of attention Reform has got from the media and other party leaders

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10d

Public views of Reform,July 2024

Need to do more to keep out candidates with racist views:
64% to 9% (+55)

Risk bringing prejudice to immigration debate
51% to 20% (+31)

Say things they shouldn't say
45% to 24% (+21)

Mainly dangerous + divisive
43% to 28% (+15)

Racist
41% to 30%
29% on fence

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Len Metson @lenmetson.com · 10d

Not sure that's a problem with the survey design - if the group is big, they are a larger part of society, so the issue sort of takes care of itself, no?

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10d

Public views of Reform,July 2024

Need to do more to keep out candidates with racist views:
64% to 9% (+55)

Risk bringing prejudice to immigration debate
51% to 20% (+31)

Say things they shouldn't say
45% to 24% (+21)

Mainly dangerous + divisive
43% to 28% (+15)

Racist
41% to 30%
29% on fence

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Len Metson @lenmetson.com · 12d

At the Campaign Fringe by @campaign-lab.bsky.social today -

If you're in Liverpool today, make sure to drop by to meet some amazing campaigners and chat about what works in campaigning!

It's at Camp & Furnace (outside the main conference area) so you do not need a pass to come

luma.com/rpu1av03

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Len Metson @lenmetson.com · 12d

Congratulations 🎉

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Len Metson @lenmetson.com · 14d

Me today with back-to-back Arsenal then England rugby 🥳 🌹

a man standing in front of a ice cream truck

Alt: a man pulling out a chair and sitting down

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 15d

For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

www.theguardian.com

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Campaign Lab @campaign-lab.bsky.social · 16d

Check out the full programme of the Campaign Fringe at #Lab25 to plan the best way to spend the day

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Dont forget to sign up today

📍 Camp and Furnace: L1 0BY
🕛 29th September: 11:00 - 19:00
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Labour for Trans Rights @labour4transrights.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thank you to those who joined us for our Labour for Trans Rights campaign day with one of our top allies in Parliament, @alexsobel.co.uk 🏳️‍⚧️

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