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This is, again, why I think "They are just the Tories with a new name" isn't necessarily damaging for them. Lots of people like(d) voting for the Tories.
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/voters-lik...
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/voters-lik...
Voters like Us
Identity, belonging, and the normalisation of Reform
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January 21, 2026 at 5:31 PM
This is, again, why I think "They are just the Tories with a new name" isn't necessarily damaging for them. Lots of people like(d) voting for the Tories.
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/voters-lik...
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/voters-lik...
Reposted by Rob Johns
I feel staggeringly lucky to have missed the fee increase and been able to pay off my loan on a vaguely normal timescale. People who did the same course as me at the same place two years later face an additional 9% tax for 30 years of their working life
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Britain's youth are living in Nick Clegg's shadow
All except the richest graduates since 2012 face a bespoke additional tax. No wonder they're radicalised
www.newstatesman.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:10 AM
I feel staggeringly lucky to have missed the fee increase and been able to pay off my loan on a vaguely normal timescale. People who did the same course as me at the same place two years later face an additional 9% tax for 30 years of their working life
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
"We were able to show that voting would take less time than traditional peer review and would spread the workload over many more reviewers." Well, there's that.
January 14, 2026 at 9:55 AM
"We were able to show that voting would take less time than traditional peer review and would spread the workload over many more reviewers." Well, there's that.
Just read the abstract of the paper cited in support of the democratic option. Even its authors don't buy it: "This is a preliminary study that does not investigate many of the concerns about how a voting system would work...including vote rigging, lobbying and it becoming a popularity contest."
January 14, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Just read the abstract of the paper cited in support of the democratic option. Even its authors don't buy it: "This is a preliminary study that does not investigate many of the concerns about how a voting system would work...including vote rigging, lobbying and it becoming a popularity contest."
In other words, if we're talking about the might-have-voted-Labour as opposed to the did-vote-Labour-in-2024, then I think the relative importance of the economy would be reduced.
January 6, 2026 at 2:04 PM
In other words, if we're talking about the might-have-voted-Labour as opposed to the did-vote-Labour-in-2024, then I think the relative importance of the economy would be reduced.
I have a similar experience, actually, and I think it would have helped to put a timeframe on the abandonment. The quote was more about losses since the election. Labour's pretty meagre vote share in July 2024 indicates that many liberal-inclined voters had already turned against them by then.
January 6, 2026 at 2:04 PM
I have a similar experience, actually, and I think it would have helped to put a timeframe on the abandonment. The quote was more about losses since the election. Labour's pretty meagre vote share in July 2024 indicates that many liberal-inclined voters had already turned against them by then.
Two possibilities:
i) they believe [rightly or wrongly] that another party offers a better economy;
ii) concluding [rightly or wrongly] that there's little between the parties on the economy, they judge on other grounds, e.g. values, where some find Labour too liberal and some not liberal enough.
i) they believe [rightly or wrongly] that another party offers a better economy;
ii) concluding [rightly or wrongly] that there's little between the parties on the economy, they judge on other grounds, e.g. values, where some find Labour too liberal and some not liberal enough.
January 6, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Two possibilities:
i) they believe [rightly or wrongly] that another party offers a better economy;
ii) concluding [rightly or wrongly] that there's little between the parties on the economy, they judge on other grounds, e.g. values, where some find Labour too liberal and some not liberal enough.
i) they believe [rightly or wrongly] that another party offers a better economy;
ii) concluding [rightly or wrongly] that there's little between the parties on the economy, they judge on other grounds, e.g. values, where some find Labour too liberal and some not liberal enough.
Granted, data on electoral motivations is rarely in the upper reaches of Moh's scale, but I'd say that this from @profjanegreen.bsky.social, @zackgp94.bsky.social and colleagues makes a pretty compelling case that economic insecurity is driving Labour losses: www.jrf.org.uk/public-attit....
January 6, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Granted, data on electoral motivations is rarely in the upper reaches of Moh's scale, but I'd say that this from @profjanegreen.bsky.social, @zackgp94.bsky.social and colleagues makes a pretty compelling case that economic insecurity is driving Labour losses: www.jrf.org.uk/public-attit....
Reposted by Rob Johns
Reposted by Rob Johns
It can't be emphasised enough: we are on course for either the most disproportional Holyrood result ever, or the SNP will win far fewer seats than projections predict they will.
December 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It can't be emphasised enough: we are on course for either the most disproportional Holyrood result ever, or the SNP will win far fewer seats than projections predict they will.