Stephen Cushion
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Stephen Cushion
@stephencushion.bsky.social
Professor of journalism & political communication at Cardiff University & night time 🚖 for my kids
Reposted by Stephen Cushion
January 15, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Particularly since a majority of the public think net migration has gone significantly up not down - especially GB News viewers and Reform voters: www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Great piece Sam - it’s not only that public opinion is lagging but our recently commissioned October You Gov poll showed vast majority thought net migration was increasing, especially among Reform voters: www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...
GB News viewers more likely to wrongly believe net migration to UK rising, study finds
Research also finds majority of people are against letting politicians front current affairs programmes
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
We found Reform UK overtook the Con Party as the most referenced opposition party on both the BBC News at Ten and ITV News at Ten in September 2025. The coverage was largely driven by stories about immigration and asylum along with the party’s conference: public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...
Opposition party references on BBC News at Ten and ITV News at Ten
A Flourish data visualization by Maxwll Modell
public.flourish.studio
December 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
We found Reform UK overtook the Con Party as the most referenced opposition party on both the BBC News at Ten and ITV News at Ten in September 2025. The coverage was largely driven by stories about immigration and asylum along with the party’s conference: public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...
Opposition party references on BBC News at Ten and ITV News at Ten
A Flourish data visualization by Maxwll Modell
public.flourish.studio
December 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM