Sophie Stowers
@sophiestowers.bsky.social
I’m on this week’s @theguardian.com Politics Weekly looking at the public's view of the PM’s EU deal and discussing @moreincommonuk.bsky.social’s
polling on the UK-EU relationship.
While voters will be pretty relaxed about many measures set out in the deal…
www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
polling on the UK-EU relationship.
While voters will be pretty relaxed about many measures set out in the deal…
www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
Labour takes action over Gaza: what took them so long? – Politics Weekly UK
The government has suspended trade talks with Israel and denounced its actions in Gaza. But why are we only now seeing this kind of action and moral outrage? Plus, after Keir Starmer’s reset with the ...
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May 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I’m on this week’s @theguardian.com Politics Weekly looking at the public's view of the PM’s EU deal and discussing @moreincommonuk.bsky.social’s
polling on the UK-EU relationship.
While voters will be pretty relaxed about many measures set out in the deal…
www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
polling on the UK-EU relationship.
While voters will be pretty relaxed about many measures set out in the deal…
www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
⬇️New polling from @moreincommonuk.bsky.social in Playbook, showing just how socially isolated many Britons feel. It comes as we launch a new initiative on social cohesion, This Place Matters, with @uclpolicylab.bsky.social and Citizens UK.
Find out more here: www.moreincommon.org.uk/latest-insig...
Find out more here: www.moreincommon.org.uk/latest-insig...
May 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
⬇️New polling from @moreincommonuk.bsky.social in Playbook, showing just how socially isolated many Britons feel. It comes as we launch a new initiative on social cohesion, This Place Matters, with @uclpolicylab.bsky.social and Citizens UK.
Find out more here: www.moreincommon.org.uk/latest-insig...
Find out more here: www.moreincommon.org.uk/latest-insig...
Very excited to be starting a new role as Research Manager
@moreincommonuk.bsky.social
I’m joining after an amazing year for MIC and I can’t wait to be part of all the brilliant work they have coming up!
@moreincommonuk.bsky.social
I’m joining after an amazing year for MIC and I can’t wait to be part of all the brilliant work they have coming up!
May 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Very excited to be starting a new role as Research Manager
@moreincommonuk.bsky.social
I’m joining after an amazing year for MIC and I can’t wait to be part of all the brilliant work they have coming up!
@moreincommonuk.bsky.social
I’m joining after an amazing year for MIC and I can’t wait to be part of all the brilliant work they have coming up!
Working with Jill has taught me to be a better writer, a better editor and more about cricket than I ever hoped to know 🏏✨
My last day employed @ukandeu.bsky.social where I have been working since 2019 (with some side action @instituteforgovernment.org.uk). The good news is the core team goes on in the safe hands of @anandmenon.bsky.social @jannikewachowiak.bsky.social @jreland.bsky.social and Muirin Keating.
April 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Working with Jill has taught me to be a better writer, a better editor and more about cricket than I ever hoped to know 🏏✨
In case you fancy doing some last minute pre-locals revision…
🗳️ Get yourself ready for the local elections tomorrow with our handy explainer on local government from @sophiestowers.bsky.social👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/l...
ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/l...
Local government in England, Scotland and Wales - UK in a changing Europe
Sophie Stowers explains the different structures of local government and sets out how local councils work and when they are elected.
ukandeu.ac.uk
April 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In case you fancy doing some last minute pre-locals revision…
I’ve written for @theguardian.com (along with my very helpful assistant @anandmenon.bsky.social- how the tables turn) about how Labour should take on Reform UK ⬇️
Bad news for Labour and its attacks on Reform’s policies – they’re unlikely to work | Sophie Stowers
A vote for Nigel Farage’s party is still often a protest vote, no matter how much the government tries to pin down his plans for the economy, says UK in a Changing Europe researcher Sophie Stowers
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March 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I’ve written for @theguardian.com (along with my very helpful assistant @anandmenon.bsky.social- how the tables turn) about how Labour should take on Reform UK ⬇️
Reposted by Sophie Stowers
🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Are the wheels coming off Reform?
➡️ Reform's former comms director Gawain Towler, researcher @sophiestowers.bsky.social & The House magazine's Harriet Symonds join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to discuss how internal rows could damage Reform's electoral chances
🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/2b8681
➡️ Reform's former comms director Gawain Towler, researcher @sophiestowers.bsky.social & The House magazine's Harriet Symonds join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to discuss how internal rows could damage Reform's electoral chances
🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/2b8681
March 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Are the wheels coming off Reform?
➡️ Reform's former comms director Gawain Towler, researcher @sophiestowers.bsky.social & The House magazine's Harriet Symonds join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to discuss how internal rows could damage Reform's electoral chances
🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/2b8681
➡️ Reform's former comms director Gawain Towler, researcher @sophiestowers.bsky.social & The House magazine's Harriet Symonds join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social to discuss how internal rows could damage Reform's electoral chances
🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/2b8681
Reposted by Sophie Stowers
Why does 25% AfD among young men spark a thousand "what is going on with young men?" posts yet Die Linke 34% among young women generates...nothing at all?
Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.
Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.
February 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Why does 25% AfD among young men spark a thousand "what is going on with young men?" posts yet Die Linke 34% among young women generates...nothing at all?
Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.
Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.
Have written about why the Lib Dems’ EU policy might do them more damage than good ⬇️
(Really feel like The I is guilt tripping me by putting a picture of Jennie the dog in the headline…)
inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
(Really feel like The I is guilt tripping me by putting a picture of Jennie the dog in the headline…)
inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
The Lib Dems' Brexit bravado could backfire – and push the UK and EU further apart
Ed Davey has urged the Government to reduce its dependence on the US and agreeing a youth mobility scheme with the EU
inews.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Have written about why the Lib Dems’ EU policy might do them more damage than good ⬇️
(Really feel like The I is guilt tripping me by putting a picture of Jennie the dog in the headline…)
inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
(Really feel like The I is guilt tripping me by putting a picture of Jennie the dog in the headline…)
inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
Reposted by Sophie Stowers
🎉 IT’S HERE! 🎉
📔 Our major new report
‘The Brexit Files: from referendum to reset’
✍️ Written by leading academic experts for the fifth anniversary of the UK leaving the EU, it covers three key areas of the Brexit story 🧵
📔 Our major new report
‘The Brexit Files: from referendum to reset’
✍️ Written by leading academic experts for the fifth anniversary of the UK leaving the EU, it covers three key areas of the Brexit story 🧵
January 28, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🎉 IT’S HERE! 🎉
📔 Our major new report
‘The Brexit Files: from referendum to reset’
✍️ Written by leading academic experts for the fifth anniversary of the UK leaving the EU, it covers three key areas of the Brexit story 🧵
📔 Our major new report
‘The Brexit Files: from referendum to reset’
✍️ Written by leading academic experts for the fifth anniversary of the UK leaving the EU, it covers three key areas of the Brexit story 🧵
Reposted by Sophie Stowers
[email protected] and his team provide impartial, timely, accessible research that is invaluable to Parliamentarians, the media + general public.
That's why Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, SNP, Green, SDLP, Alliance and independent MPs and peers have all signed this letter.
That's why Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, SNP, Green, SDLP, Alliance and independent MPs and peers have all signed this letter.
December 18, 2024 at 1:52 PM
[email protected] and his team provide impartial, timely, accessible research that is invaluable to Parliamentarians, the media + general public.
That's why Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, SNP, Green, SDLP, Alliance and independent MPs and peers have all signed this letter.
That's why Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, SNP, Green, SDLP, Alliance and independent MPs and peers have all signed this letter.
Using my first skeet (? Not 100% sold on that) for classic self promo- have written for @politicshome.bsky.social on the gender divide in British politics…
Why are young women so unlikely to support Reform?
Why young men seem to be drifting towards Reform has been a major talking point in recent weeks. But less attention has been paid to the role young...
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December 11, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Using my first skeet (? Not 100% sold on that) for classic self promo- have written for @politicshome.bsky.social on the gender divide in British politics…
Reposted by Sophie Stowers
UKICE's @sophiestowers.bsky.social gets a shout out on @itvpeston.bsky.social for her work on the #Peston Policy Tracker 🙌📈
📺 Watch @paulbrand.bsky.social look at how the government is performing against its own economic targets below 👇
📺 Watch @paulbrand.bsky.social look at how the government is performing against its own economic targets below 👇
December 4, 2024 at 4:56 PM
UKICE's @sophiestowers.bsky.social gets a shout out on @itvpeston.bsky.social for her work on the #Peston Policy Tracker 🙌📈
📺 Watch @paulbrand.bsky.social look at how the government is performing against its own economic targets below 👇
📺 Watch @paulbrand.bsky.social look at how the government is performing against its own economic targets below 👇