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Best image of the day:
June 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Party politics aside, @KemiBadenoch has a duty to defend *British* democracy which -- as @rafaelbehr correctly observes -- she has failed to do.

Odd decision and a weak look, IMO, since proud Brits don't take kindly to being bossed by American tech bros.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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British-Pakistanis are upwardly mobile. They go to university at a very high rate. They may be socially quite conservative. Many run small businesses. They're increasingly suspicious of Labour.

But now they know the Tories think it would have been better if they had never come.
January 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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ICYMI: our most read piece last week, courtesy of @timbale.bsky.social

Older, Thatcherite, net zero hating, very online...

Who is the average Reform member?
Who are Reform members?

- older
- not in London
- hostile to net zero (much more so than Tory members)
- economic Thatcherites (unlike the party’s target voters?)
- like leaders “stirring up a bit of controversy”.
- *very* online

@timbale.bsky.social shares timely new research with us
Who Are Reform Members?
Middle-class and older Reform members look and think much like Conservative members – except in one crucial respect, finds Tim Bale
www.politicshome.com
January 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM